~::Simple thoughts::~

ARE YOU TWENTY-SOMETHING? 

They call it the "Quarter-life Crisis".

It is when you stop going along with the crowd andstart realizing that there are many things aboutyourself that you didn't know and may not like.

You start feeling insecure and wonder where youwill be in a year or two,but then get scaredbecause you barely know where where you arenow.

You start realizing that people are selfish andthat,maybe,those friends that you thought youwere so close to aren't exactly the greatest peopleyou have ever met,and the people you have losttouch with are some of the most important ones.

What you don't recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren't really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they're as confused as you.

You look at your job...and it is not even close towhat you thought you would be doing,or maybeyou are looking for a job and realizing that you aregoing to have to start at the bottom and thatscares you.Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you realize that youhave certain boundaries in your life and areconstantly adding things to your list of what isacceptable and what isn't.One minute,you are insecure and then next, secure.

You laugh and cry with the greatest force of yourlife.You feel alone and scared and confused.Suddenly,change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life, but soon realizethat the past is drifting further and further away,andthere's nothing to do but stay where you are ormove forward.

You get your heart broken and wonder howsomeone you loved could do such damage to you. Or you lay in bed and wonder why you can't meetanyone decent enough that you want to get toknow better.Or maybe you love someone but love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doingthis because you know that you aren't a badperson.

One nightstands and rando hook-ups start to lookcheap.Getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts tolook pathetic.

You go through the same emotions and questionsover ad over,and talk with your friends about thesame topics because you cannot seem to make adecision.

You worry about loans,money, the future andmaking a life for yourself...and while winning the race would be great,rightnow yu'd just like to be a contender!

What you may not realize is that everyone readingthis relates to it.We are in our best of times and our worst oftimes,trying as hard as we can to figure this wholething out.

by twenty-something anonymous