The Quarterlife Crisis

Honest stories of honest people. Totally relate to the pressure that comes with age and responsibility!

Being 20-something


They call it the "Quarter-life Crisis." It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many 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 don't recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren't really cold, catty, or insincere, but that they are as confused as you. You look at your job... and it is not even close to what 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 that scares you. Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are constantly adding things to your list of what is acceptable and what isn't. One minute, you are insecure and then the next, 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 lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough that you want to get to know better. Or you love a person but she/he loves someone else and your heart is broken. Or maybe you love someone but love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are 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 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, money, 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.

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I completely relate to this...

I had to laugh out loud at the guy who used beatboxing and tap-dancing to resolve his identity crisis, though. Good luck on that one, sir.

I love this pod. I've never heard it called a quarter-life crisis but it's a great name for it. The Characters all remind me of people I know going through the same thing! especially the plant guy I have a good friend who made almost the same analogy when his plants weren't growing right. You really captured every angle of this topic and I love how you did it in a non judgemental way and showed a wide spectrum of people who all experience this crisis. I think this is one of the more overlooked situations going on with 20 something youth of today and you nailed it on the head.

Awesome pod.

Nice mixture of interview subjects, with varying conflicts and pulls in different directions facing them. Using the overarching interview detailing the quarterlife crisis itself interspersed with actual individual's stories was a great way to create a consistent and well-paced flow. Also, the four subtopics chronologically discussed in have a nice, natural arc of progression to them.

I'm glad someone made a pod on this because this is exactly what I'm going through right now. I just graduated from college and now I need to find myself again. I know what I like, but I need to find out what I'm good at. I think what makes this pod successful are the different points of view told not just by the twentysomethings themselves but also the older people shown in the beginning. They remind me of the parents we have who tell us what we should do but not always how we should go about it since they come from a different generation.
The conflict then is the older generation versus the younger generation. Sometimes they need to understand that it is the same society as it was back then.
I'm also glad that they address the different types of quarter-life crisis but I'm wondering if maybe they could talk about a recent college graduate too?

Could not be more fitting. Well done, excellent editing. Captured all of the key moments and responses and nuances. Well done.

I loved this vid. How can I contact who made it?