Thursday, February 28, 2008

Quarter Life Crisis

Maybe everybody goes through it. Thats what i have concluded after talking to some my friends who are also as confused as me or maybe even more. I think we can call it Quarter life crisis and I would put it as, it happens to the thoughtful twenty-somes who like to retrospect, circumspect, plan ahead or just think too much. Here i list some of the symptoms of this disorder (maybe).:

1. You think you were much happier as a student as you had lesser responsibilities. Since now school is over , you have to be responsible whether you want or not which makes you think you are growing older and soon going to be one of those colleagues at work swamped with responsibilities of work and family. This is what you always feared.

2. Did i make the right choice in my career? Most of the days at work you think, did i think i would be doing this one day in my life. All these years , was i preparing to do this or i might have been much better off if i would have made the other choice. Should i continue with this. Is this what gives me happiness. The usual fight between happiness and being practical. Doing what you like is one thing and doing something from which you can earn a good livelihood is another. Now its time to be practical? maybe.

3. What am i doing, whats my purpose, all these questions might haunt you many times. you might always think, what do i actually want in life? You want to figure out that answer but you know its a very difficult thing to figure out.

There are many more things to list out but those are the ones at the top of my mind. .

2 comments:

Unknown said...

hmmm ... probably everyone goes through this phase ... all i can say is ... think twice before you make decisions and once you have made the decision stick to it and "Kabhi zindagi mein khaash mat kehna" Understand that under the given circumstance you could not have done better. This has worked for me and hope it works for you too. And finally

"Take chances. Otherwise life would be nothing but series of thursdays sewn together"

All the best.

Shubhika Taneja said...

thats a useful argument!