Apparently it's a real thing, the quarter-life crisis.

lyonsgirl started a blog post Apparently it's a real thing, the quarter-life crisis.
June 4, 2012, 05:31 PM
Apparently it's a real thing, the quarter-life crisis.

I think I've figured out that's what this is. According to Wikipedia, "the quarterlife crisis is a period of life following the major changes of adolescence,[citation needed] usually ranging from the late teens to the early thirties, in which a person begins to feel doubtful about their own lives" (Wiki link). I honestly don't know if it means I don't like what I'm doing because I really don't like what I'm doing, or because I'm just stressed about being an adult. I wish someone would just tell me what to do, lol. Like flat out, "Do this, and you will be happy."

I know it won't actually happen, but wouldn't it be nice? I think it may be a bit of a relief that I can call it something... instead of just "I'm way stressed out and I have no idea why". Although the "quarter-life crisis" thing makes me sound... I don't know, pathetic? Whiny, too. I do feel like all I have been doing lately is complaining, I'm sorry, LFAD. I'm trying not to complain to my SO about this since he is hardcore underemployed... So I keep coming here. sorry, again.
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  Zephii commented
  
  June 4, 2012, 08:17 PM
  
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  Mine too! haha. I think complaining is good though. It helps us get the feeling-sorry-for-ourselves bit out of the way so we can get to figuring out a solution
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  mllebamako commented
  
  June 5, 2012, 12:39 PM
  
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  I feel like I've been in the "quarter-life crisis" in various aspects of my life for the past 3 years. Sometimes it's job/career worries, sometimes relationship worries, sometimes where to live worries, but it's all related to future, to direction, and to wishing that someone would just tell me what to do (like you said)!
  
  I don't think there's anything wrong with having "first world problems"---they are still problems!! Just because they are very different than some others problems doesn't make them any less serious in YOUR life.
  I agree about recognizing our privilege and being grateful for what we have--but without minimizing real feelings and emotions. So don't feel whiny--like Zephii said, it can be good and it usually makes us take the next step.
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  lyonsgirl commented
  
  June 5, 2012, 01:15 PM
  
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  Thanks for the input. I only really feel whiny when I complain about my job to my SO, who works part-time. But yes, I recognize my problems, no matter how trivial they may seem to some, are still my problems and I need to work through them. But it definitely helps after talking them through with my SO, that's for sure!
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Apparently it's a real thing, the quarter-life crisis.