Growing up difficult
Quarter-life crisis? You are not alone
Issue date: 11/29/05 Section: Opinion & Editorial
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A quarter-life crisis to be exact. And I know I'm not the only 20-something college student that feels this way.
It's like a mid-life crisis, but it comes earlier. You don't know when it will hit, or how long it will last. Symptoms of the quarter-life crisis vary, but the most common are:
-Being unaware of who you are or what you believe in.
-Not knowing where you will be in a year.
-Realizing that not everyone is a nice person.
-Being scared of the future.
-Realizing the people who you thought were friends, really aren't.
-Realizing that the simplest decisions are getting harder to make.
-Looking at life completely differently.
-Realizing that some of your dreams and/or goals may not come true.
-Realizing that people back at home don't care what you have been up to for the last four years.
-Laying awake at night wondering, analyzing your life.
-Wondering if you will ever find The One.
-Realizing that you probably won't be making $100,000, or even $40,000 your first year out of college.
-Realizing that although those refund checks are nice, you'll have to pay them back someday.
-Realizing that it really isn't exciting to get drunk three to four times a week.
-Realizing that wearing a little makeup and some flashy clothes isn't going to find you a spouse any quicker.
-Realizing there is more to life than MSN and facebook.com.
-Realizing life isn't like the movies.
-Realizing that random hookups and one nights stands aren't that great after all.
-Realizing your past is past.
-Realizing this is the only chance you get.
-Realizing that you parents were right.
These are hard feelings to deal with, and sometimes it seems like they will never pass. But like your first heartbreak, or the skinned knee you got from falling off your bike, this too will pass. Before long, life will seem good again, and you will be on the right track.
Just remember that you aren't the only one who feels like this. Your friends and classmates have the same mixed emotions and feelings. So when someone may be short or irritated, they are probably just confused with life.
We are all trying to work through this, making decisions and mistakes. They say these are the best years of our lives, although they may seem like the worst. Enjoy being young and at your prime. Live today and worry about tomorrow when it comes. Life is too short to worry it away.
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