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The Quarter-Life Crisis Generation |
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Quarter-life crisis? That is the topic of an article in Swedish SvD today. More and more 20-somethings are feeling lost and depressed in the face of the endless choices that contemporary society throws at their feet. A luxury problem, perhaps, but daunting nonetheless. What if nothing works out? And how do I compete with the thousands of other highly-educated super-stars flooding the market?
I agree. It can feel overwhelming.
I’ve stared at pointless facebook images on a computer screen for hours because I can’t get myself to do anything. I’ve thought that I’ll never, ever be able to reconcile wanting to work and wanting a family, so why not just give up trying? And I’ve felt that gnawing sensation in the pit of my belly that somewhere down the line it will all blow up in my face in a brilliantly painful burst of failure. The article mentions one approach to this problem, the Japanese phenomenon of furita, the youth group in Japan that has chosen to take a step out of the mainstream but who may be floundering as a consequence (read about the furita in a LATTICE article by Jordan Nassar ). The quarter-life crisis is certainly a global phenomenon (among the privileged who have choices, that is). Why? Where does all of this self-doubt come from? At some point, I stopped freaking out and starting making decisions, the first being to try to figure out what's really up with our generation through the help of The Lattice Group. And that big firework of failure I was fearing? Let is explode. Better be burned by experience than frozen by fear. Does that mean I'm out of my quarter-life crisis? I fear I've just postponed it. - Astri Read the whole article here.
One person has commented on this article.  1. Get some self respect!Guest User, UnregisteredThis disappoints me. We are too young to already have life-crises. If we don't enter the work force and change it, a change in attitudes towards work-life balance will never materialize. Yes, you may have to make copies and get coffee and flip burgers, but you will at least have a place and a say in our society and a chance to change the working world's culture. |
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