How To Overcome the Quarter-Life Crisis

The game of life Quarter life crisis

Do you know that around 80% of youth in their mid-twenties are always very angst about themselves and are perturbed about what their youth holds for them? Will they be able to make an impact in this competitive world and be successful? All of these self-worth questions keep popping up in their minds since they are going through the phase of the game of life Quarter Life Crisis.

Some aren’t able to understand why are they going through such a crisis and try to ask their parents. In this case that ‘some’ is ‘me’. I used to ask my parents why am I thinking like this? Why am I going through this Quarter-Life Crisis? Is it normal to be worried, without any rhyme? And to this, I got a funny reply, that you are getting all in this life due to you being such a brat with no good thoughts as a result of all those Netflix shows you binge-watch. It is resulting in your overthinking.

Some (including me) try to find whether their Friends are also going through such empty thoughts at this point in their life and feeling this Quarter-Life Crisis.  Their friends try to talk out so that they may be comforting at least for that time period.

Being a millennial, we also consider Internet to be our best friend and hunt all our problems on it. When I did so, I encountered the term “QUARTER LIFE CRISIS”

This quarter-life is heavy on most of us. As put forward at www.themuse.com, Quarter Life Crisis is – “A period of intense soul-searching and stress occurring in your mid-20s to early 30s,” typically because you feel you’re not achieving your full potential or are falling behind.

So, we kind of know now that why we go through such a transition; a little while ago we were considered to be a kid and suddenly we realize we are burdened with a heap of responsibilities. However, we have to kick off those mundane thoughts and emerge victoriously from the unwanted game of life the quarter-life crisis which no one wants to play.

Here are some ways to overcome this Quarter-Life crisis of yours:

  • Stop Comparing– You cannot be someone else. Try and develop your skill instead of comparing yourself to your age celebrities or your peers who are doing well in their careers; it can’t be denied that they were born with that extra factor and lots of hard work to reach their success. Accept the fact and try working on your potentials and try going on a ‘mental diet’.
  • Don’t make Linear Plans and give yourself hard deadlines – Don’t make a hard plan like you have to complete your graduation by age 21, get a job immediately after college, get married by age of 25 etc. It is fine if we have such plans but life is not always predictable. Changes should be made if something fails and failure shouldn’t make us feel worthless. Sometimes it is okay to even not have a plan.
  • Be Patient & Positive– Have faith that things will fall in place certainly. It may take some time so you have to keep trying with a positive mindset believing you will get through it. Develop resilience because it’s said that if you ask anything from this universe and have a positive outlook, your positive frequencies match with that of the universe and you will receive it if you are very passionate about it. ASK. BELIEVE. RECEIVE.
  • Try Career Change– Career choices have been one of the biggest issues these days due to which millennials are suffering from anxiety. If you aren’t happy with your current career choice, it is never too late to go for a change.
  • Have Rock Solid Attitude– It is normal to go through the angst at this point in life. Cry it out, but be determined that you will conquer your problems and your work will heal you. Remember Rocky Balboa? He said – “The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how thorough you are. It will beat you to your knees and keep you permanently if you let it. You me or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you can get hit. It is about getting back up and keep moving forward.”
  • Start Exercising – It does help if you exercise. Exercise releases the same happiness hormone ‘Dopamine’ which we all are aware about. Dopamine gets released when we plan something and are able to accomplish it. This feeling of accomplishment and self-validation to very valuable to keep our worth alive at this point  of our lives.  
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Life is too precious to be wasted thinking and analyzing alone. Acknowledging that there is a crisis one is going through is one part of the battle – very necessary but still one part. What you do about it to emerge victorious is an equally important, if not more, part.

Also read, Choose The Train Wisely

Have Faith & Act. You’ll Win.

One Life. Live Boundless.

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