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20 Something
I recived this as an email and thought I would share ,
Being Twenty-Something
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. 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.
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