1 month till old
11 08 2005Yesterday was the birthday of one of my best friends, Mark, who I will be moving in with tomorrow. Went to his party last night and had a good time playing a Taboo-style game.
I got to thinking that I will be 25 in exactly one month from today. Geez….officially mid-twenties. Far from being a teen,and not in my early 20’s….Holy crap. I am not even finished with college, haven’t had a relationship in over 2 years, and am working as a temp to hire position. Yikes, what am I doing with my life?
Heck I don’t even own a home, and just signed a year lease for a rental townhouse. Sigh. Sorry, I just had to rant a bit. Anyone else out there not have a relationship/house/career/etc by the time they were 25? Please comment and maybe help cheer me up some, feeling kind of down and out today.
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well… i’m 20 and i haven’t really accomplished anyhting to speak of… not sure if that helps
Ahh dude. Don’t be so down on yourself, you ARE still actually in college and DO have a job! You are way ahead of the game! Plus I got the impression from your soon to be old place of residence (and new place too) that you probably aren’t doing too badly for yourself monetarily either
But it’s actually a good sign for you to feel down and out, it’s a sign of a succesful person, that you aren’t satisified with what you have, that you WANT to grow more. If you had all the things you said you wanted, you’d still find something more to have already achieved and to want to achieve.
For example, I recently turned 26 and even though I have all those things you said you want, the feeling I got a month before my birthday wasn’t “woot” but instead it was a feeling just like yours: “oh shi, what am I doing with my life? I don’t have any kids, I’ve never gotten to live outside of Florida, etc”
When you realize that the feeling is not about how much you’ve accomplished and is instead something along the lines of a “quarter life crisis” only THEN can you relax and truly take stock in your life.
Once you’ve got that in mind, and take a look at your life again I’m sure that you’ll realize that you really aren’t doing that bad after all
Cheers