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The Quarter Life Crisis in New York City
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- August 28, 2008
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I thought I was dying, or having some serious panic attack that involved losing complete rationality, self control and taunted me with a long dark, black tunnel that I was to head down for the rest of my life. Then it hit me- I'm having a Quarter Life Crisis?! They are real! It was almost a relief since I was sure it was was the onset of death (maybe it is?) Shortly after acknowledging this crisis, I realized I had to come figure out "MY LIFE" here are some of the things I looked towards. And yes, I'm still in the quarter life crisis, but I'm learning to cope.
It's all about the hair:
It is true that often when people are going through big changes in their lives, they change their hair. Yeah…..well one time while I was having a particularly large breakdown mode, I decided it’d be a good idea for me to have “a bob” haircut. I stopped at the first hair salon and said, “Chop it off! All of it!” And they sure did…..all of it. Had I taken a moment to rationalize chopping my hair off I would have realized A BOB is a bad idea, considering my face is as round as a pumpkin. I looked like I was five. With a fat face.
So if you are in “crisis-mode” please think before you decide to CHOP IT ALL OF, and when finally decide to do it, or to dye your hair blonde….please visit one of these places.
Rumor Salon Inc
15 E 12th Street, New York, NY 10003
Something drastic like going from brunette to blonde usually clues people into your twentysomething drama.
Something drastic like going from brunette to blonde usually clues people into your twentysomething drama.
These thoughts will creep up on you ninja style.
New York Bartending School
68 W 39th St, New York, NY 10018
Not the choice I would go for, but everyone has their “something.”
Not the choice I would go for, but everyone has their “something.”
Berger Lynn
125 E 84th St, New York, NY 10028
You coul just hire a “career coach” after you pay for a few therapy sessions?
You coul just hire a “career coach” after you pay for a few therapy sessions?
Something tells me this wouldn’t “fly” at the office?
Borders Books & Music
100 Broadway, New York, NY 10005
Also check out:
20-Something, 20-Everything: A Quarter-life Woman’s Guide to Balance and Direction by Christine Hassler
Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis: Advice from Twentysomethings Who Have Been There and Survived (Perigee Book) by Alexandra Robbins
20 Something Manifesto: Quarter-Lifers Speak Out About Who They Are, What They Want, and How to Get It by Christine Hassler
Also check out:
20-Something, 20-Everything: A Quarter-life Woman’s Guide to Balance and Direction by Christine Hassler
Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis: Advice from Twentysomethings Who Have Been There and Survived (Perigee Book) by Alexandra Robbins
20 Something Manifesto: Quarter-Lifers Speak Out About Who They Are, What They Want, and How to Get It by Christine Hassler
Most likely you’ll consider traveling. Thats just the way the story goes. Who knows if you’ll actually do it, but you’ll talk about going to Bali or volunteering in Africa and findind MEANING in your life again, outside of the work place. You may even spend hours upon hours planning and researching a trip you may or may not take….I say, take it.
Before chopping off your locks, remember- You are in crisis mode. You may be acting completely irrational.
CAREER CRISIS:
Alright, this is usually what sets it off.
You’re sitting in your office, with your fance degree and you’re still thanklessly slinging coffee to people that (you don’t think) are as smart or as deserving as you are for their position. Then BAMN! you start mulling over alllllll of the other things you’ve wanted to do in the past. Flashbacks of your dream to be a firefighter, an alligator hunter, a music teacher, a rocket scientist, a fairy? etc. all flood back into your memory and just like that, you’ve put in your two weeks notice.
What now? Well, becoming an alligator hunter at 25 after never having been on a safari, or to Florida for that matter, is somewhat dangerous. So research your other options, figure out what inspires you again….that will pay the bills of course. And, that is where the crisis continues…
Some of us just start acting very strange?
Good luck “finding yourself” in this book, it has been a dust collector on my nightstand, but that doesn’t mean it won’t work for you.
Kon-Tiki Tours & Travel
137 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013
The sound of a trip to Brazil just rolls off my tongue so nicely.
The sound of a trip to Brazil just rolls off my tongue so nicely.
The Quarter Life Crisis in New York City
You should probably.....
start a blog.
All the twentysomethings are doing it. Lamenting over life in an online journal is really therapuetic.
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Whoa. That picture of the scissors about to cut the hair gave me a panic attack. I think it’s time for a drink.
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