Being Twenty-Something
Maybe we all r going through this "Being Twenty-Something".
They call it the "Quarter-life Crisis." It is when you stop going along withthe crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself thatyou didn't know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonderwhere you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barelyknow where you are now.
You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friendsthat you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people youhave ever met, and the people you have lost touch with are some of the mostimportant ones. What you don't recognize is that they are realizing thattoo, and aren't really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are asconfused as you.
You look at your job... and it is not even close to what you thought youwould be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and realizing that youare going to have to start at the bottom and that scares you. Your opinionshave gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourselfjudging more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certainboundaries in your life and are constantly adding things to your list ofwhat is acceptable and what isn't.
One minute, you are insecure and then the next, secure. You laugh and crywith the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared andconfused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the pastwith dear life, but soon realize that the past is drifting further andfurther away, and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or moveforward. You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could dosuch damage to you. Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyonedecent enough that you want to get to know better. Or maybe you love someonebut love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doing thisbecause you know that you aren't a bad person. One night stands and randomhook ups start to look cheap. Getting wasted and acting like an idiot startsto look pathetic.
You go through the same emotions and questions over and over, and talk withyour friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make adecision. You worry about loans, money, the future and making a life foryourself... and while winning the race would be great, right now you'd justlike to be a contender!
What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to it. We arein our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can tofigure this whole thing out. Send this to your twenty something friends....maybe it will help someone feel like they aren't alone in their state ofconfusion..... GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF US
They call it the "Quarter-life Crisis." It is when you stop going along withthe crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself thatyou didn't know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonderwhere you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barelyknow where you are now.
You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friendsthat you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people youhave ever met, and the people you have lost touch with are some of the mostimportant ones. What you don't recognize is that they are realizing thattoo, and aren't really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are asconfused as you.
You look at your job... and it is not even close to what you thought youwould be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and realizing that youare going to have to start at the bottom and that scares you. Your opinionshave gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourselfjudging more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certainboundaries in your life and are constantly adding things to your list ofwhat is acceptable and what isn't.
One minute, you are insecure and then the next, secure. You laugh and crywith the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared andconfused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the pastwith dear life, but soon realize that the past is drifting further andfurther away, and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or moveforward. You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could dosuch damage to you. Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyonedecent enough that you want to get to know better. Or maybe you love someonebut love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doing thisbecause you know that you aren't a bad person. One night stands and randomhook ups start to look cheap. Getting wasted and acting like an idiot startsto look pathetic.
You go through the same emotions and questions over and over, and talk withyour friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make adecision. You worry about loans, money, the future and making a life foryourself... and while winning the race would be great, right now you'd justlike to be a contender!
What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to it. We arein our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can tofigure this whole thing out. Send this to your twenty something friends....maybe it will help someone feel like they aren't alone in their state ofconfusion..... GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF US
posted by jey at 5:00 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Jerry...rashmi here..i was just goin thru ur blogs and ironically ended up reading this first...recently i 've been goin thru a spell of quarter life crisis...so felt gud to no i wasnt the only one...anyways it felt gud to read wats goin thru my head ;))...anyways keep up with the ritin..
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