Quarter-life Crisis
“A quarterlife crisis, as defined by Alexandra Robbins & Abby Wilner in their book Quarterlife Crisis: The Unique Challenges of Life in your Twenties, is ‘essentially a period of anxiety, uncertainty and inner turmoil that often accompanies the transition to adulthood.’” (http://personaldevelopment.suite101.com/article.cfm/surviving_the_quarterlife_crisis)
Symptoms (Including but Definitely Not Limited to):
- depression – not really, but sad, worried and feeling like a loser
- insecurity about the future – YES
- questioning one’s identity – Yes
- second-guessing career choices – OH YES
- extreme nostalgia for the past – no
- boredom – OH YES
- isolation – YES
- doubting everything – Yes
- panic attacks – occasionally
- feeling like something is missing – OH YES
Apr 30, 2008, 05:25PM PDT | 3 cheers | 2 comments
Question is: Is it a quarter-life crisis, or is it just my normal pessimistic, half-depressed, I-am-a-loser way of overthinking? Or maybe, a combination of sorts?
I have graduated, with honours, top of my class as expected. And now, I have no job. While everyone else seems to have a great job, just what they wanted. I have no idea what job I want. And even so, I can’t get any job at all it seems. I was such a success just months ago, now I feel like loser of the year.
Maybe I’m overqualified. Maybe I haven’t got the experience. Or maybe I’m just not good enough. I don’t know. Maybe the fact that I am nervous, worried, scared about it all shows in my applications? I don’t know, but for every no-reply, for every ‘We’re sorry but you have not been successful’, I feel less and less motivation to keep applying.
I am almost 25, I’m in debt, I have no job, I can’t afford to get a flat…it’s not how I thought it would be.
Apr 30, 2008, 04:11PM PDT | 1 cheer | 1 comment
