The Quarter Life Crisis
Interestingly incredible. That was what the mind thought when it read what was lying in my inbox for some time. For many it may have been just a forward. For some it was just another message. For some a reality check. Atleast for me it most definitely was. It felt quaintly absurd that I had not looked at it that way. It indeed was what I was experiencing. Was I shying away from it? Already?
A friend had sent a message that had already done the rounds of the globe, quite understandbly.
It is something 20 something year olds experience. All of us do. It's that time of the life when we don't know where we are headed. On the face of it we look a little set in life knowing we want to do a post graduation or a job. But the fact of the matter is that even if we are there, doing what we think is right for the moment; at the back of the mind somewhere we are still unsure of what we are doing. Should I be doing this? This is the right thing for me? The post graduation course is viewed as the last academic hurdle to your career. At least I will have a post gradation degree. There are others like me who try to battle it out with some work experience before doing a post graduation course. Confused. Unsure. Skeptical.Dubious (sure go ahead and pitch in some words that you can think of that reflect the mentality).
From where we all are today and whatever we have gotten ourselves into, we are not still sure if what we are doing is what we always wanted to do. Those groping with the last (atleast we like to believe that) academics of their lives are hoping this is the thing that will help them to get there. There , where they have always wanted to be. Never mind if they still want to take some time and hesitate a little before answering the 'there? where?' question.
Others, who are looking to get a half decent break in life are wondering when will that ever happen to them .Suddenly, they start scouring their contact lists becasue we have all learnt it the hard way. No contacts, no contracts!
A minority population akin to me are already into enviable organisations. Enviable because everyone wants to get there.But only some do. Enviable because WE always wanted to be here. And now that we are here, it is only now that we realise the overwhelming responsiblilites. Now that we are here, we have begun asking ourselves. Why am I here? Alright, this is where I want to be.........Is THIS where I wanted to be? The mind comprehends. At least attempts to and is set back by the world's 'Why are you here?'. It still hasn't figured out what it means. Why it means what it means?
There are scores of us, grappling with similar and dissimilar thoughts and consequences of actions that may seem a little unsure. Grappling is a nice word. I find myself indulging in the activity generously. Is that what most of us are doing? Is that what most of us are hiding? Why? Isn't it evident in my behaviour? Is it what needs to be hidden? Is it a sign of failure already? But why is failure so looked down upon, now? Shouldn't it be something that we should be doing now because there is no other time in the future that we can do it . Why are there so many rights and wrongs?
Why is the mind not reading? Is it supposed to read, now? Let's save some ambiguities and let them be. Why do I feel the need of a friend I can speak to and why is she not here? Is this a part of dealing with the quarter life crisis?
Something tells me it is going to be beyond quarter life.
A friend had sent a message that had already done the rounds of the globe, quite understandbly.
It is something 20 something year olds experience. All of us do. It's that time of the life when we don't know where we are headed. On the face of it we look a little set in life knowing we want to do a post graduation or a job. But the fact of the matter is that even if we are there, doing what we think is right for the moment; at the back of the mind somewhere we are still unsure of what we are doing. Should I be doing this? This is the right thing for me? The post graduation course is viewed as the last academic hurdle to your career. At least I will have a post gradation degree. There are others like me who try to battle it out with some work experience before doing a post graduation course. Confused. Unsure. Skeptical.Dubious (sure go ahead and pitch in some words that you can think of that reflect the mentality).
From where we all are today and whatever we have gotten ourselves into, we are not still sure if what we are doing is what we always wanted to do. Those groping with the last (atleast we like to believe that) academics of their lives are hoping this is the thing that will help them to get there. There , where they have always wanted to be. Never mind if they still want to take some time and hesitate a little before answering the 'there? where?' question.
Others, who are looking to get a half decent break in life are wondering when will that ever happen to them .Suddenly, they start scouring their contact lists becasue we have all learnt it the hard way. No contacts, no contracts!
A minority population akin to me are already into enviable organisations. Enviable because everyone wants to get there.But only some do. Enviable because WE always wanted to be here. And now that we are here, it is only now that we realise the overwhelming responsiblilites. Now that we are here, we have begun asking ourselves. Why am I here? Alright, this is where I want to be.........Is THIS where I wanted to be? The mind comprehends. At least attempts to and is set back by the world's 'Why are you here?'. It still hasn't figured out what it means. Why it means what it means?
There are scores of us, grappling with similar and dissimilar thoughts and consequences of actions that may seem a little unsure. Grappling is a nice word. I find myself indulging in the activity generously. Is that what most of us are doing? Is that what most of us are hiding? Why? Isn't it evident in my behaviour? Is it what needs to be hidden? Is it a sign of failure already? But why is failure so looked down upon, now? Shouldn't it be something that we should be doing now because there is no other time in the future that we can do it . Why are there so many rights and wrongs?
Why is the mind not reading? Is it supposed to read, now? Let's save some ambiguities and let them be. Why do I feel the need of a friend I can speak to and why is she not here? Is this a part of dealing with the quarter life crisis?
Something tells me it is going to be beyond quarter life.
posted by Unthought Known at 4:57 AM
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