What is Quarter Life Crisis?
Interesting read that should be somewhat relate-able to a lot of us.
“They call it the “Quarter-life Crisis.” It is when you stop going along with
the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself
that you didn’t know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and
wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because
you barely know where you are now. You start realizing that people are
selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so
close to aren’t exactly the greatest people you have ever met, and the
people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones.
What you don’t recognize is that they are realizing that too, and
aren’t really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are as
confused as u. You look at your job…and it is not even close to what
you thought you would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and
realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and that
scares you. Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are
doing and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you
realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are
constantly adding things to your list of what is acceptable and what
isn’t. One minute, you are insecure and then the next, secure. You
laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and
scared and confused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and
cling on to the past with dear life, but soon realize that the past is
drifting further and further away, and there is nothing to do but stay
where you are or move forward. You get your heart broken and wonder how
someone you loved could do such damage to you. Or you lay in bed and
wonder why you can’t meet anyone decent enough that you want to get to
know better. Or maybe you love someone but love someone else too and
cannot figure out why you are doing this because you know that you
aren’t a bad person. One night stands and random hook ups start to look
cheap. Getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic.
You go through the same emotions and questions over and over, and talk
with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make
a decision. You worry about loans, money, the future and making a life
for yourself…..and while winning the race would be great, right now
you’d just like to be a contender! What you may not realize is that
everyone reading this relates to it. We are in our best of times and
our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing
out.”More definitions and opinions of the quarter life crisis:
quarter life crisis from Wikipedia
quarter life crisis from PenelopeTrunk (great resource, btw)
quarter life crisis from ABCnews
on October 19th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
good post. we are all jus tryin to figure it all out.