Mid life crisis - NOT

I got this from a forwarded email..

They call it the "Quarter-life Crisis." It is when you stop going along
with the crowd and start realizing that there are a lot of things about
yourself 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 get
scared because you barely know where you are now.

You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those
friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the
greatest people you have ever met and the people you have lost touch
with are some of the most important ones. What you do not realize is
that they are realizing that too and are not really cold or catty or
mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you.

You look at your job. It is not even close to what you thought you would
be doing or maybe you are looking for one and realizing that you are
going to have to start at the bottom and are scared. You miss the
comforts of college, of groups, of socializing with the same people on a
constant basis. But then you realize that maybe they weren't so great
after all.

You are beginning to understand yourself and what you want and do not
want.Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing
and find yourself judging a bit more than usual because suddenly you
realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and add things to
your list of what is acceptable and what is not. You are insecure and
then secure.

You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone
and scared and confused. Suddenly change is the enemy and you try and
cling on to the past 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 or move forward.

You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you or you lay in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough to get to know better. You love someone but maybe you can love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doing this because you are not a bad person. One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap and getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic.

You go through the same emotions and questions over and over and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision. You worry about loans and money and the future and making a life for yourself and while 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 this relates 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.