Quarter Life Crisis:

"A growing trend with this economy."

Is it really?

I don't think so.

Uncertainty has always existed among college students and recent graduates. It hasn't been a source of concern since it's viewed as a rite of passage. However, it's a major problem affecting the Y generation. As the world population grows, so does the number of graduates and as a result the competition for jobs is greater and greater. Add to the insecurities, the state of the national economy, where the unemployment rate is dangerously close to the double digits. That's correct. Almost 10% of the U.S. working population is unemployed. Have I mentioned that's just in the United States? The rest of the world is in critical condition. In Spain, the unemployment has long been in the double digits with no solution at hand. 


I'm slowly fighting my way through this crisis. Prompted by a drastic and painful change in my life, my quarter life crisis spun me out of control. I resorted to going back to a state of carelessness to cope with the growing pressures of an uncertain future. I escaped reality and lived in a wonderful world of partying till dawn, avoiding all sorts of  anxieties. I can't say I hit rock bottom but I realized no one was gonna come and rescue me. That I had no other choice than to learn to put my life together by myself. That I had to work and work and continue working, in the hopes that something might work. I'm still not over my crisis. I don't think I can fully escape it until I have some sort of financial independence and stability. But I am over trying to run away from reality; there's no darker place than the alternative realities we create in our head. I've realized that although I can't control the future, I can manage my day to make myself productive and happy.


XOXO

Lola