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-----Original Message----- From: Myers, Jennifer Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 11:02 AM To: Husser, Shanna; Gaar, Melanie; Barthel, Christina; Kacal, Lynna; Ferguson, Emily; Saenz, Angela; Smith, Joanne; Morrow, Mark Subject: FW: Quarter Life Crisis Subject: Quarter Life Crisis < <TWENTY-SOMETHING DRAMA < < < <This puts it all into words perfectly. 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, < <the people 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 and yet 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 to 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 lie 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. < <Send this to your twenty-something friends...Maybe it < <will help someone feel like they are not alone in < <there state of confusion that are our post grad < <years!!! < < < _________________________________________________________________ < Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com < < <
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