| Quarter Life Crisis
By Helen Kourlos
For those in their twenty-something's...This puts it all into words perfectly. 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
or 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. You look at your 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 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 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. Send this to your
twenty-something year old friends...Maybe it will help some one feel
like they are not alone in the state of confusion!!!
The End
Thats all for now.
Peace One Love
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| Do you believe in Deja Vu? Do you believe in the unexplainable?
I do.....
Peace One Love
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| "Eh nigga"- Rodeny(Boondocks)
Whatever happened to the "what i'm Watching/Reading/Listening to" thing?
I find myself having less and less things to complain or worry about. But as i take a deeper look i have just as much crap on my plate as i did before. even more maybe. So i guess i'm getting better at handling whatever life throws at me. Coming up soon I got a lot of work to do, reports, quizes and what not. But my biggest concern right now is finding a date to White Rose. It's like prom except with 5-hour open bar and gourmet food. Sweet huh. What i should be doin is concentrating on bringing up my grades aka not failing out of school. I get so distracted with the things i want that i neglect the things i need. But i'm workin on it. So I'm off to make my list of likely canidates for a date instead of studyin "worm gear tooth proportions".
"I got a dollar, I got a dollar, I got a dollar, Hey Hey Hey"
Enjoyin the small stuff, Peace One Love |
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| Dudes,
Slowly but surely I'll be coming back to the Xanga
experience. It's the first day of classes and a brand new year. Things
are freakin awesome so far. That's all for now. God Bless.
Peace One Love
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