Quarter-Life Crisis

I’ve coined this term “quarter-life crisis” (and maybe I’m not the first to say it lol) because I’ve experienced about 17 of them.  You always hear about people having a mid-life crisis, but you can’t tell me we don’t also have a quarter-life crisis.  I’m 27 years old, and I am constantly trying to figure out what the hell I’m doing with my life, what is my “calling”, what is the meaning of life, am I being the best person I can be, etc. etc. etc.  I sometimes wish I didn’t have  such high expectations for my life because I feel there is the possibility that I will never get over this feeling of not-knowing and of not being satisfied.  There are a lot of things that I love doing and being involved in, but am I good at any of them? I’m not so sure.  It’s funny how when one thing in your life is right, it seems that everything else is so wrong.  I have a husband that is all I could ever ask for.  I mean really he is an amazing guy and he makes me want to be better.  I feel that this part of my life is figured out.  The rest of my life… not so much.  This is where the quarter-life crisis comes in.  I feel like maybe I’m not doing something right, maybe I’m not on the right track.  It is really insane how much I think about this.  I believe in visualizing and positive thinking, and I do this as much as I can, but there are those times when I just get impatient.  I know a lot of people who are around the same age as me that have similar feelings, and unfortunately I don’t have any solution.  I’m really just ranting because, as you may have guessed, I’m in the middle of my 18th quarter-life crisis. 

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