Quarter Life Crisis

[WLFEO]

Adpiucf- One ADPi contact who may be able to help you is the chair of the ADPi Philanthropy Committee. I don't want to post her info, but I know you can look it up- she's the one from District V. She has experience in the area of being published in magazines. There are also so many great ADPi (and other Greek) authors- maybe one would give you a helping hand!

[adpiucf]

Thank you WLFEO I met her at districts a couple of weeks ago; how funny!!!!

I appreciate everyone's support so much! Thank you thank you thank you!

[GreekLetterGirl]

THANK GOD I AM NOT ALONE !!!!

I seriously can relate to EVERYTHING that you are all posting. I think there should be a club or something that we can all join. I too am not nessacarly dissatisfied with my job more disenchanted, its a thousand times better than my last job, and I too am semi unattached to my own personal "Mr. Big" it's off an on and off and on, and oh yea did I mention there is no definition to our relationship!!!! Oh yea and that out of the 5 girls that were all close they are either all engaged, or living with their boyfriends. I have a cat! I am not unhappy with where I live, but I am not in love with it either... It is just so frustrating, trying to find that place where I want to be, as well as the person I want to be wiht...


here's to all of our happiness and finding what we all want.

[maggieaxid]

Ok, I am proposing a new GC glo Kappa Lambda Chi (or Quarter life club!)....there are too many of us out there! we should at least have our own support group thread!

[adpiucf]

Originally posted by maggieaxid
Ok, I am proposing a new GC glo Kappa Lambda Chi (or Quarter life club!)....there are too many of us out there! we should at least have our own support group thread!

There is a message board set up like GC-- quarterlifecrisis.com. It's great!

[adpiucf]

LOL!

Check it out, seriously!

http://www.quarterlifecrisis.com/forums/index.php

[alikat2]

Originally posted by DZGirl
I still go out all the time, still party since the majority of my friends are still in school, and I feel like one of those people who is graduated and not moving on. It sucks! I know I have to grow up eventually, but I don't want to!

I've been out almost two years and still go out all the time. I know there are some people who also think I really need to grow up, but I don't want to either!

[KSigkid]

As far as getting involved in journalism; everyone here has said some good things, freelancing is definitely a great way to start. You have a better chance with small publications, but it's a way to get clips and build up a portfolio.

Like Rudy said, if you want to do something international, the best way is just to go there and write. I've been contacting back and forth with a foreign desk editor for a major paper, and that's how he and many of his colleagues started. It can be dangerous, but if you want the big job, you have to take the big risks sometimes. Paying your dues at a paper works too, but it depends how much time you'd like to spend doing it.

I personally couldn't wait for the reward; I have extensive journalism experience and have won several national and regional reporting awards. I may go back to writing at some point, but right now paying to stay in Boston was the way to go. If you can get the job you want, I'd say go for it; but be prepared to pay those dues.

If you have any questions feel free to PM me; despite not working in newspaper now, I have about 5+ years of past experience working in the business, so I may be able to help.

Collin

[Dionysus]

Originally posted by renee1971
so many of my friends say I am immature because I sitll party with my college friends, but they are the ones who have already been married and divorced and had kids. i think they are jealous becuase they are already stuck.

Tell them that they are being goofy. You can be grown and still "go-out". Just because you're out of college it doesn't mean that you should sit in your rocking chair and nit on weekend nights. I'm graduating less than a year from now, and I'm planning on doing the same "extracurricular activities", until have I have children.

[Cluey]

I want to join the quarter life crisis club, too!

I'm 25 and I graduated from college 4 years ago. I've had a job for the past 4 years which I like, but is not what I want to do long term. I thought I finally had figured out what I wanted to do, so I applied to graduate school to get me to where I want to be. Things don't look too promising on that front, so I am trying to decide if I want to come back to my job for another year or try to get an entry-level job in a new field in a new city. Nothing is tying me to this city and I would really like to move somewhere where I can see all 4 seasons.

Anyway, I'm rambling now, but I just wanted to share that I know exactly how most of y'all feel. Hopefully, we'll grow out of this weird phase of life and be better off for experiencing it.

~ Annie

[KEPike]

Originally posted by adpiucf
LOL!

Check it out, seriously!

http://www.quarterlifecrisis.com/forums/index.php

I actually did take your advice to check this site out. Its really cool. Thanks.

[shadokat]

I would offer you advice, but hell, I'll be 30 on Sunday, and my life is still a lot like your "quarter lifers". I will tell you that stuff can change so quickly. Two months ago, I was single and in a job I hated!! Since then, I've met a new guy and gotten a huge promotion by taking a position with another company. Had you told me 2 months ago this would be where I would be sitting, I'd have laughed at you and said you were crazy

If anyone has any advice on how to stay 29, I'd greatly appreciate!

[adpiucf]

Originally posted by shadokat

If anyone has any advice on how to stay 29, I'd greatly appreciate!

Pshaw. That's easy. Just subtract one year on every birthday. Heck, you'll be 21 again in no time and doing keg stands with the fraternity boys ... just like it was yesterday!

.... Did I really just say, "Pshaw?" *scratches head*

[Jaggergirl]

OMG yall its like the mothership is calling me home. I'm 25 and totally stressing over whether or not my life is going in the right direction. I moved to a whole new city right after graduation and sometimes I wonder if I woudl have been better off staying in my hometown with my cushy job at a PR firm that already loved me. But noooo, I decided to challenge myself. Sometimes I think its worth it, sometimes I don't know.

Check and see if there is an Alpha Xi alum assoc. before you completely say no. That helped me sooo much when I first moved to CA. If it had not been for ADPi, I think I would've moved back to Florida in my first week out here! Alum rock!

I think that is awesome advice. I wish I had thought of that when I moved! Maybe it isn't too late!

Another good book to read is Midlife Crisis at 30, I picked it up at B&N the other week and haven't put it down since. Its written especially for women in their mid to late 20s trying to figure out how to balance all the things we expected our life to be like, and how to handle it when it doesn't turn out that way.

And BTW, do ONLY women have quarterlife crises? Except for Rudey, there aren't any guys here. If they aren't feeling as lost as I am, I'm ready for some tips!

[adpiucf]

Guys have them too! If you haven't been to the quarterlife crisis message board, you should-- lots of guys on there who are just confused as the girls

I had a really good phone interview with a PR firm in Orlando yesterday! I'll keep you posted.

I think we just all need a little bit of change!
Maybe we can each adopt a Greek Buddy to help motivate us through this quarterlife craziness. Is anyone interested in this?