Comments on: Navigating the quarterlife crisis http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:17:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Should you really do what you love? « Newvine Growing — exploring evolution, revolution and living life intentionally http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-269339 Should you really do what you love? « Newvine Growing — exploring evolution, revolution and living life intentionally Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:51:49 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/#comment-269339 [...] And, given that people are trying to find it before they are thirty, in order to avoid both a quarterlife crisis and a biological-clock crisis, the pressure is enough to push people over the edge. Which is why [...] [...] And, given that people are trying to find it before they are thirty, in order to avoid both a quarterlife crisis and a biological-clock crisis, the pressure is enough to push people over the edge. Which is why [...]

]]> By: The Danger of First-Draft Living | Paragon Strategies Blogsite http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-262897 The Danger of First-Draft Living | Paragon Strategies Blogsite Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:21:10 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/#comment-262897 [...] Life is full of this. Grappling for direction, after all, comes in stages. [...] [...] Life is full of this. Grappling for direction, after all, comes in stages. [...]

]]> By: Christopher Lythgoe http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-259589 Christopher Lythgoe Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:42:58 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/#comment-259589 I wasn't familiar with the idea of a quarter-life crisis, but seeing it in black and white, and seeing so many comments is actually encouraging knowing that I am not on my own feeling the way that I feel right now (not that i'm surprised that this is the case). I am 27 (for a minute there I put 28 - I lose track) and still feel like I haven't started my career. All through school I was an all-rounder so was actually really happy jumping through the hoops and succeeding. I took the advice of people that told me to follow what I enjoyed and went down a creative career path rather than an academic one. But I was constantly telling myself that I wasn't a natural creative because half of my talent was in academia. I now look back at my education and have a real sense of anger and resentment that I wasn't better guided to fulfil my talent across all sides. I was particularly good at maths as well as art (odd combination I always thought) and currently work on the periphery of the games industry where I can see that had this career choice been explained to me, that I would have studied computer programming. Instead I dropped maths, don't find myself to be much of a creative either, and so am scrabbling around in admin positions and seeing younger kids getting the opportunities that I would've wanted. I feel let down. I toy with the idea of re-training, but don't feel sure enough that this one career path is the one for me, to put myself into tens of thousands of pounds worth of debt. What's to say that the education system isn't going to let me down again. I have just broken up with my girlfriend (literally an hour or two ago). She is so focused on her career and it genuinely depresses me that somebody 4 years younger than me is on a path to succeed. That's awful isn't it?! I am happy for her - of course I am, but when I look at her I just see what I should have been. That's tough to live with. I told her something about a month back, which she said was sad to hear, and that was that I wish I could go back 10 years and start over again from 17. She said that this is the wrong attitude, and she's probably right. She says that if I want something, I should just go out and work towards it. But that's precisely the problem isn't it. I don't know what I want. I've taken jobs and have convinced myself so much that that is what I am supposed to do, that I have completely lost any grasp of who I am as a person. I only act to become something close to what other people think that I am working towards, and that changes day by day. I wasn't familiar with the idea of a quarter-life crisis, but seeing it in black and white, and seeing so many comments is actually encouraging knowing that I am not on my own feeling the way that I feel right now (not that i'm surprised that this is the case).

I am 27 (for a minute there I put 28 – I lose track) and still feel like I haven't started my career. All through school I was an all-rounder so was actually really happy jumping through the hoops and succeeding. I took the advice of people that told me to follow what I enjoyed and went down a creative career path rather than an academic one. But I was constantly telling myself that I wasn't a natural creative because half of my talent was in academia. I now look back at my education and have a real sense of anger and resentment that I wasn't better guided to fulfil my talent across all sides. I was particularly good at maths as well as art (odd combination I always thought) and currently work on the periphery of the games industry where I can see that had this career choice been explained to me, that I would have studied computer programming. Instead I dropped maths, don't find myself to be much of a creative either, and so am scrabbling around in admin positions and seeing younger kids getting the opportunities that I would've wanted. I feel let down.

I toy with the idea of re-training, but don't feel sure enough that this one career path is the one for me, to put myself into tens of thousands of pounds worth of debt. What's to say that the education system isn't going to let me down again.

I have just broken up with my girlfriend (literally an hour or two ago). She is so focused on her career and it genuinely depresses me that somebody 4 years younger than me is on a path to succeed. That's awful isn't it?! I am happy for her – of course I am, but when I look at her I just see what I should have been. That's tough to live with. I told her something about a month back, which she said was sad to hear, and that was that I wish I could go back 10 years and start over again from 17. She said that this is the wrong attitude, and she's probably right. She says that if I want something, I should just go out and work towards it. But that's precisely the problem isn't it. I don't know what I want. I've taken jobs and have convinced myself so much that that is what I am supposed to do, that I have completely lost any grasp of who I am as a person. I only act to become something close to what other people think that I am working towards, and that changes day by day.

]]> By: Blogging is the new therapy, dammit « themoonpersonified http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-258939 Blogging is the new therapy, dammit « themoonpersonified Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:52:05 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/#comment-258939 [...] cite The Colbert Report as my primary source for news.  Yes, I’m talking about blogging during my quarter-life crisis — at the very least to document my life becomes too stable and boring to blog about [...] [...] cite The Colbert Report as my primary source for news.  Yes, I'm talking about blogging during my quarter-life crisis — at the very least to document my life becomes too stable and boring to blog about [...]

]]> By: Ain’t no mountain high enough. Ain’t no valley low enough. Ain’t no river wide enough. « A is for Anilee http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-257896 Ain’t no mountain high enough. Ain’t no valley low enough. Ain’t no river wide enough. « A is for Anilee Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:30:49 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/#comment-257896 [...] new job, I’ve decided that positivity, patience, and Harry Potter are key to dealing with my quarter-life-crisis. Yep, it has come to [...] [...] new job, I've decided that positivity, patience, and Harry Potter are key to dealing with my quarter-life-crisis. Yep, it has come to [...]

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]]> By: WBL Daily Inspiration Thread - Page 23 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-248968 WBL Daily Inspiration Thread - Page 23 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:28:29 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/#comment-248968 [...] And, given that people are trying to find it before they are thirty, in order to avoid both a quarter life crisis and a biological-clock crisis, the pressure is enough to push people over the edge. Which is why [...] [...] And, given that people are trying to find it before they are thirty, in order to avoid both a quarter life crisis and a biological-clock crisis, the pressure is enough to push people over the edge. Which is why [...]

]]> By: Paul http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-248482 Paul Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:38:42 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/#comment-248482 You hit the nail on the head with that quote. My friends and I (Gen X) have been quoting that to each other for years. I am 38 and have felt this alienation for the last twenty years. The babyboomers behaved like locusts and we are left with the famine,while listening to how great the sixties were. You hit the nail on the head with that quote. My friends and I (Gen X) have been quoting that to each other for years. I am 38 and have felt this alienation for the last twenty years. The babyboomers behaved like locusts and we are left with the famine,while listening to how great the sixties were.

]]> By: Cableyarn http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-247508 Cableyarn Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:26:50 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/#comment-247508 It used to be reasonable to retire at 50-55 with a pension. Pensions are rare, and retirement age is nearly 70 now. By the time we get nearly old enough to retire, it will have gone up another decade or two and the young ones will be complaining about us. If Social Security is still around. It used to be reasonable to retire at 50-55 with a pension. Pensions are rare, and retirement age is nearly 70 now. By the time we get nearly old enough to retire, it will have gone up another decade or two and the young ones will be complaining about us. If Social Security is still around.

]]> By: Generation Z will revolutionize education  | Support Site for The Unemployed http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-246859 Generation Z will revolutionize education  | Support Site for The Unemployed Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:56:23 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/31/navigating-the-quarterlife-crisis/#comment-246859 [...] They are more accustomed to figuring out what they like to do, and doing it on their own. The crisis to figure out what to do with one’s life will not last so long because Gen X will raise more independent and self-directed [...] [...] They are more accustomed to figuring out what they like to do, and doing it on their own. The crisis to figure out what to do with one’s life will not last so long because Gen X will raise more independent and self-directed [...]

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