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Date Posted: 09:49:43 07/06/02 Sat
Author: ...
Subject: something from the snrs' msg board... smthing to prepare us for next year??

Being Twenty-Something:

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.

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.

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