What the hell is wrong with me? Should I just quit, go work at McDonalds (or Starbucks) and just live paycheck to paycheck forgetting all my dreams?
Actually, I guess there is nothing really wrong with me. They call it the "quarterlife crisis."
I read this on ABCnews.com:
Once past the honeymoon period with their first real job, their minds often begin to wander. With the excuse of being a "recent graduate" no longer viable, the search for a more permanent career, relationship and place to live begins. Many are stuck in front of a computer screen for hours, often posting online to pass the time.
"What the hell do I do? Is there anyone else who can relate? What is my passion? Will I ever meet the One" are among the refrains on www.quarterlifecrisis.com. With 10,000 registered users and 1 million hits per month, it's a place to meet, gripe and help each other out.
"The transition to adulthood today is a much more complex, prolonged process than it was for our parents," said Abby Wilner, who runs the site and has a career advice manual coming out called "The Quarterlifer's Companion." "According to the many 20-somethings who visit my Web site, they want nothing more than to figure everything out, move up in the world and eventually settle down, but external circumstances do not allow that to happen, and they are not properly equipped with the skills and resources to make that happen."
It's something I had heard of before. But I was like, "nah, it won't happen to me. I'm too strong. Plus I got too much faith in God."
Well, damn, I'm sitting here thinking of all the things I wanted to accomplish in my life, I'm not even a tenth of the way there. What do I have? A useless bachelor's degree in a field I won't ever work in again? That's it.
I'm trying to get out of this rut I'm in. But I can't unless I start accomplishing the things I want to accomplish. And nothing I'm doing now is helping me reach that goal. So what do I do?
1 comment:
It's true everyone goes through a "rut"...actually i think they are unavoidable...i remember asking a sister once (a nun) on why i don't feel this high in life all the time. For example why can't i keep this fire burning inside of me constantly and not let things, situations, people, words, etc. get to me and somewhat burn my fire out. Why can't i just remember whenever i feel sad, frustrated, anxiouse, melancholy that life is great, wonderful and that i am a very fortunate being...for God has blessed me so much in so many different ways. She responded by saying that our bad, or sad moments help us appreciate the GREAT moments or things in life...she said other stuff and in better words, but thats what i got out of it (:
So mike, yes i do feel this way many times...and so do many others...God is good and remember "God never gives us more than what we can't handle (: "
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