Quarter-Life Crisis
12.20.2006 ||
So who IS this guy, "quarter-life crisis" and why does he relentlessly keep bothering me? Wikipedia lists these points of diagnosis.
Characteristics of this crisis are:
The big work thing is this, listen carefully. They don't give you a syllabus of what you have to do to get a good performance rating like they do in school. Professors TELL you what they want and how to do it. Bosses say, "do it" and the how is entirely obscure. Of course, an unnamed professor maybe by the ID of "Jack" was different... he more or less said, "do it or fail." Glad I went to school here cause co-op helped fizzle this stuff out earlier. Then there is office politics and trying to relate to people working on their undergrad when you're passed it. The class partier starts thinking, "geez, is ALL you're doing... partying? Don't you... TALK? RELATE?"
FYI... I'm starting to pack for my big move, which will probably thrust me into quarter-life crisis full speed since I will live alone. I will miss the legendary parties and being recognized as a pudding wrestler, but alas, I must depart. Hopefully, our landlords get screwed with some party-crazy hosts. "May 603 Never Die." ...I will have many get-togethers, at least until school starts to suck again.
Side note: Victoria's Secret needs to take back my credit card.
Another side note: Shopping therapy is no means of fooling this quarter-life crisis character, but I think that it is still the right therapy for me. That, and heart-to-hearts with the wifey and butthead. Cheesecake and chocolate helps too.
Reads: Quarter life crisis by unknown.
I leave this with the encouraging words of Donny's father. "No money. No honey."
Categorized: Thoughts
Characteristics of this crisis are:
feeling "not good enough" because one can't find a job that is at his/her academic/intellectual level[[feeling "not good enough" because you don't remember a damn thing you learned in school]]- 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 or college life
- tendency to hold stronger opinions [[No kidding. Uhh actually, I think I was always like that.]]
- boredom with social interactions [[ditto.]]
- financially-rooted stress [[More like I spend too much of what I make!]]
- loneliness
desire to have children
The big work thing is this, listen carefully. They don't give you a syllabus of what you have to do to get a good performance rating like they do in school. Professors TELL you what they want and how to do it. Bosses say, "do it" and the how is entirely obscure. Of course, an unnamed professor maybe by the ID of "Jack" was different... he more or less said, "do it or fail." Glad I went to school here cause co-op helped fizzle this stuff out earlier. Then there is office politics and trying to relate to people working on their undergrad when you're passed it. The class partier starts thinking, "geez, is ALL you're doing... partying? Don't you... TALK? RELATE?"
FYI... I'm starting to pack for my big move, which will probably thrust me into quarter-life crisis full speed since I will live alone. I will miss the legendary parties and being recognized as a pudding wrestler, but alas, I must depart. Hopefully, our landlords get screwed with some party-crazy hosts. "May 603 Never Die." ...I will have many get-togethers, at least until school starts to suck again.
Side note: Victoria's Secret needs to take back my credit card.
Another side note: Shopping therapy is no means of fooling this quarter-life crisis character, but I think that it is still the right therapy for me. That, and heart-to-hearts with the wifey and butthead. Cheesecake and chocolate helps too.
Reads: Quarter life crisis by unknown.
I leave this with the encouraging words of Donny's father. "No money. No honey."
Categorized: Thoughts
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