So recently I read this article that an old co-worker of mine had sent to me…with the words “YOU would like this http://www.eyeweekly.com/article/55882”.
Reflectively speaking…(if that is a word) I wonder does my former co-worker Melissa know me better than I know myself? Is this person whom I thought I had befriended right? Am I have a quarter life crisis?
To follow up on Melissa’s notion, my friend Lauren threw a quick “slap in my face” figuratively speaking of course…with a “you need to get know yourself…I don’t think you know yourself.”
Well apparently the “Quarterlife crisis” exists…they even have a website for it…http://www.quarterlifecrisis.com/
Here is how they define it:
• Q: What is a quarterlife crisis?
• A: The quarterlife crisis, or QLC, is essentially a period of anxiety, uncertainty and inner turmoil that often accompanies the transition to adulthood.
QLC FAQs
• Q: Who coined the phrase “quarterlife crisis?”
• A: Abby Wilner, co-author of Quarterlife Crisis and Quarterlifer’s Companion, coined the phrase in 1997 after she graduated from college, moved back home, and couldn’t figure out what to do with her life.
• Q: What makes the QLC unique for twentysomethings today?
• A: Essentially, it is taking longer to become an adult today based on traditional markers such as financial independence and starting a family. The average American job hops 8 times before the age of 32, the average college graduate accrues $20,000 in education loan debt, and the average age to get married is now 27.
Now that leaves me in wonder…what happened between High School. College, and my three years of work experience that brought me to this place. When I try to think of my favorite movie I blank out. I don’t know what MY favorite movies is…but I can tell you what I think it is based on what my friends have liked.
I used to love to write, it helped me vent and release, somewhere along the way I ended that notion as well. Music has become a big part of life…it is my mood ring. As I type this I am listening to Peter Bjorn and John “Stay this Way”. The album “Little Things” itself is like my life’s soundtrack.
I need to understand myself…I don’t think I like myself. I have issues with myself and a love hate relationship. Somehow I need to figure myself out. Understand who I am and fall in love with that person, for now I am labeling myself as a caterpillar. Hopefully with some time I can learn my way and accept who I am. What I like…what my favorite movie is…and maybe just maybe let go out whatever is holding me back.
More to come once I begin writing this blog and maybe transform into a butterfly. 2 years ago