Quarter Life Crisis
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They call it the "Quarter-life
Crisis." It is when you stop going along
with the crowd and start realizing that there are a lot
of 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 do not realize is that they are realizing that
too and are
not really cold or catty or mean or insincere, but that
they are as
confused as you are. You look at our job. It is not even
close to
what you thought you would be doing or maybe you are
looking for
one and realizing that you are going to have to start at
the bottom
and are scared.
You miss the comforts of college, of groups, of
socializing with
the same people on a constant basis. But then you realize
that
maybe they weren't so great after all. You are beginning
to
understand yourself and what you want and do not want.
Your
opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are
doing and
find yourself judging a bit more than usual because
suddenly you
realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and
add things
to your list of what is acceptable and what is not. You
are insecure
and then 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 heartbroken 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 to get to know better.
You
love someone but maybe love someone else too and cannot
figure
out why you are doing this because you are not a bad
person. One
night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap and
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 and
money and 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. We are making a
lot of
mistakes, but helping one another learn from them and
reaching
out to pull one another up. We are not the shiniest group
of people,
but we are very much a circle.
We are there for one another and will listen and grow for
the rest
of our lives. We will piss one another off, but we will
also heal one
another's hearts. We are the group who sometimes doesn't
need
words but will laugh at the end of a conversation that
started with
angry words.
We are friends and in 10 years, when we have figured out
where we
fit in this world, we will still be friends always and
forever!
