Quarter Life Crisis

I am not sure who wrote this, but I came across it and it truly described how I was feeling as a person in their early 20's...

They call it the "Quarter-life Crisis." It is when you stop going alongwith the crowd and start realizing that there are many things aboutyourself that you didn't know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then getscared because you barely know where you are now. You start realizingthat people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thoughtyou were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people you have evermet, and the people you have lost touch with are some of the mostimportant ones. What you don't recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren't really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they areas confused as you. You look at your job... and it is not even close towhat you thought you would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and thatscares you. Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others aredoing and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are constantlyadding things to your list of what is acceptable and what isn't. Oneminute, you are insecure and then the next, secure. You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared andconfused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and cling on to thepast with dear life, but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away, and there is nothing to do but stay where you are ormove forward. You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you lovedcould do such damage to you. Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough that you want to get to know better. Or maybeyou love someone but love someone else too and cannot figure out whyyou're doing this because you know that you aren't a bad person. One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap. Getting wasted andacting like an idiot starts to look pathetic.You go through the sameemotions and questions over and over, and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision. You worryabout loans, money, the future and making a life for yourself... andwhile winning the race would be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender! What you may not realize is that everyone reading thisrelates to it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times,trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out. .......keep smiling, Keepbelieving, Appreciate life..!!