Fwd: Quarter-life Crisis

Subject: Quarter-life Crisis
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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 16:19:12 -0500
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< Quarter-life Crisis
<
< 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 are.
<
< 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. We are making a lot of mistakes, but
< helping one another learn from them and reaching out to pull one another
< up. We are not the shiniest group of people, but we are very much a
< circle. We are there for one another and will listen and grow for the
rest
< of our lives. We will piss one another off, but we will also heal one
< another's hearts. We are the group who sometimes doesn't need words but
< will laugh at the end of a conversation that started with angry words.
We
< are friends and in 10 years, when we have figured out where we fit in in
< this world, we will still be friends always and forever!
<
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