Quarter-Life Crisis
From Wikipedia:
The quarterlife crisis is a term applied to the period of life immediately following the major changes of adolescence, usually ranging from ages 21 - 29. The term is named by analogy with mid-life crisis. The quarterlife crisis is essentially a period of anxiety, uncertainty and inner turmoil that often accompanies the transition to adulthood.
Characteristics of quarter-life crisis include:
- feeling "not good enough" because one can’t find a job that is at one’s academic/intellectual level
- frustration with relationships, the working world, and finding a suitable job or career
- confusion of identity
- insecurity regarding the near future
- insecurity regarding present accomplishments
- re-evaluation of close interpersonal relationships
- disappointment with one’s job
- nostalgia for university, college, high school or elementary school life
- tendency to hold stronger opinions
- boredom with social interactions
- financially-rooted stress
- loneliness
- desire to have children
- a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you
These emotions and insecurities are not uncommon at this age, nor at any age in adult life. In the context of the quarter-life crisis,
however, they occur shortly after a young person – usually an educated
professional, in this context – enters the "real world. After entering adult life and coming to terms with its
responsibilities, some individuals find themselves experiencing career
stagnation or extreme insecurity. The individual often realizes the
real world is tougher, more competitive and less forgiving than they
imagined. Furthermore, the qualifications they have spent so much time
and money earning are not likely to prepare them for this
disillusionment.
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I’m trying to find the "Jho" that I was before I entered "this world".
Determined…
Competitive…
Hard-working…
Confident…
Enduring…
Hay naku, asan na yan? Naging mediocre na ako.. Arrgghh! Hindi ako ito ~x(. Gising Jho! Gisinnnngggg!!!
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