-----Original Message-----
From: Myers, Jennifer 
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 11:02 AM
To: Husser, Shanna; Gaar, Melanie; Barthel, Christina; Kacal, Lynna;
Ferguson, Emily; Saenz, Angela; Smith, Joanne; Morrow, Mark
Subject: FW: Quarter Life Crisis




Subject: Quarter Life Crisis


> >TWENTY-SOMETHING DRAMA
> >
> >This puts it all into words perfectly. They call it
> >the "Quarter-life Crisis." It is when you stop going
> >along with the crowd and start realizing that there
> >are a lot of things about yourself that you didn't
> >know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and
> >wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then
> >get scared because you barely know where you are now.
> >You start realizing that people are selfish and that,
> >the people that you thought you were so close to
> >aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met
> >and the people you have lost touch with are some of
> >the most important ones. What you do not realize is
> >that they are realizing that too and are not really
> >cold, or catty, or mean, or insincere, but that they
> >are as confused as you.
> >You look at your job. It is not even close to what you
> >thought you would be doing or maybe you are looking
> >for one and realizing that you are going to have to
> >start at the bottom and are scared. You miss the
> >comforts of college,of groups, of socializing with the
> >same people and yet maybe they weren't so great after
> >all. You are beginning to understand yourself and what
> >you want and do not want.
> >Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what
> >others are doing and find yourself judging a bit more
> >than usual because suddenly you realize that you have
> >certain boundaries in your life and add things to your
> >list of what is acceptable and what is not.
> >You are insecure and then secure. You laugh and cry
> >with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone
> >and scared and confused.  Suddenly change is the enemy
> >and you try to cling on to the past with dear life but
> >soon realize that the past is drifting further and
> >further away and there is nothing to do but stay where
> >you are or move forward.
> >You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you
> >loved could do such damage to you, or you lie in bed
> >and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough to
> >get to know better. You love someone but maybe love
> >someone else too and cannot figure out why you are
> >doing this because you are not a bad person. One night
> >stands and random hook ups start to look cheap and
> >getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look
> >pathetic.
> >You go through the same emotions and questions over
> >and over and talk with your friends about the same
> >topics because you cannot seem to make a decision. You
> >worry about loans and money and the future and making
> >a life for yourself and while winning the race would
> >be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender!
> >What you may not realize is that everyone reading this
> >relates to it. We are in our best of times and our
> >worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure
> >this whole thing out.
> >Send this to your twenty-something friends...Maybe it
> >will help someone feel like they are not alone in
> >there state of confusion that are our post grad
> >years!!!
>
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