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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
You're young. You have lots of time. A mid-life crisis is defendant on the thought that your life is "running out of time."
For the record, I had my own "crisis." But in hindsight, it now seems more of a crossroads. I think this is because I still had (well, still have) lots of time to do something with my life. In today's economy, this kind of shift is becoming rather common.
Come on, I studied English. What was I to be? A professional Englisher?  |
It's not an existential crisis, though there's always one of those lurking in the wings, you know. It's more of a "Fuck, there are no jobs, I can't get a job, I need money" crisis. It's not that I don't know what I want to do, it's more than there is nothing TO do. There isn't even the option of "Okay, so this isn't what I would choose, but it's what I'll do in the meantime." There aren't many openings here, but plenty of qualified applicants. It's horribly discouraging.
I can certainly see how recent college grads do go through a reevaluation of priorities and purpose...I guess I'm just lucky that I went through that bit a while ago.