35... Not in Crisis
Truth be told, I'm not in the middle of a Quarter Life Crisis, but "2/5ths Life Crisis" just doesn't have the same ring to it. If there is such a thing as Third Life Crisis, that may sum it up a bit better, as I'm solidly in my 30s, been married (& divorced), had a stable career with growth over the past 13 years, Masters Degree, etc etc etc.
It's not completely a crisis, as it's not a time of intense difficulty, however, these years in my 30s, so far, can possibly be described as a time when difficult or important decisions must be made, if you took out the word "must." There is no sense of urgency to decision making. No ticking biological clock loudly pestering me. No FOMO, as the younger millennials would say.
I would say, it's more of a BREAKTHROUGH. My late 20s were a time of discovering, rediscovering, trial and error, and many, many, many mistakes. But my 30s... calm. Confident. Yet the nagging feeling that there's got to be more - to friendships, to relationships, to my job, to my experience... to my life.
The question isn't so much - "What am I going to do?" Or, "What have I done?"
It's - "What am I doing... now... today?"
It's not completely a crisis, as it's not a time of intense difficulty, however, these years in my 30s, so far, can possibly be described as a time when difficult or important decisions must be made, if you took out the word "must." There is no sense of urgency to decision making. No ticking biological clock loudly pestering me. No FOMO, as the younger millennials would say.
I would say, it's more of a BREAKTHROUGH. My late 20s were a time of discovering, rediscovering, trial and error, and many, many, many mistakes. But my 30s... calm. Confident. Yet the nagging feeling that there's got to be more - to friendships, to relationships, to my job, to my experience... to my life.
The question isn't so much - "What am I going to do?" Or, "What have I done?"
It's - "What am I doing... now... today?"
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