Social trend: 'Quarter-life crisis' among young adult professionals 35 Articles

by Apple Trenton

Abby Wilner and Cathy Stocker are the co-authors who came up with the phrase, and the book entitled 'The Quarter Life Crisis'. I have this book on my shelf and can recall quite well what the authors said. They said tha...read more

by Sean Thomas

There is something on my head as I write this. It was on my head earlier today when I walked down the shop to buy some cigarettes. It was on my head yesterday when I went to catch the bus. It has been on my head for a fe...read more

by Brittany Fletcher

Like most of you mid-twenty somethings out there, I'm questioning the life path that I'm on. Am I in an industry that I want to be in for the rest of my life? When will I make enough money to buy a house and have children?...read more

by Paul Lines

Quarter life crisis was, until a few years ago, unheard of. What then has led to this new fear affecting young adults? It can probably be blamed upon a number of factors. 1) Pace of life. With commercialism and consumer...read more

by Joe Wrighter

There is debate as to whether or not the "quarter-life crisis" is a new phenomenon, and as to how many young adults it affects, but there is little doubt that it is real. Many twenty-somethings these days are feeling lost,...read more

by Greg Flowers

Fifty years ago people knew what was expected of them. Men were supposed to work jobs in which they earned enough money to support their wives and children and even had enough left over for an annual vacation. Mothers ca...read more

by The Unjob

Today's the last day of a 3-day forced leave that was handed to my by the company that I work for after having gone beyond a specified number of allowable tardiness. For the past few days, I've been doing nothing but wakin...read more

by Martha Leonard

These are the days of speed. The emphasis is on fast or instant. We have DSL, fast-food restaurants, cell phones, jet speed travel etc. Fast means keeping up everywhere; on the job, in the social life. The pressure is o...read more

by Meghann Vance

The ¼ life crisis: Another female perspective… With the push to get a college education, many young women go straight into university, get their B.A.s and jump head first into the professional world. Th...read more

by mushky tennenhaus

Running too Fast Middle age is an archaic phenomenon, no longer in existence. No more fifty year old men with bad dye jobs, buying over priced red convertibles. Today the crisis begins when puberty makes its loud ex...read more

by Stephen Redman

On bebo... Looking at pictures of a trip you were unable to attend, but your friends were. Looking pictures in which they stand astride a table, mid-song, pre-conception of their fate, glass in one hand, opportunity in...read more

by Nisha Danny

'Quarter-life crisis' is a common cheracterstic found in many young professionals finding difficult to balance life and intense presure at work.It can be charecterised by mild symptoms of stress to intense depression. ...read more

by cheeky

Oh dear. Have we all found something else to moan about? Most beasties that inhabit this odd little planet along with us, seem to get along with things pretty well I'd say. Things happen to them and, oddly enough, are dea...read more

by Stephen H

The term 'quarter-life crisis' was first coined by a Canadian psychologist, Elliott Jaques in the mid 1960s and refers to those in their twenties who are managing the transition from adolescence to adulthood. It is a perio...read more

by Frank Shetland

Since I am included in the group being assessed, I thought it may be helpful to offer my insights on the matter. John Mayer's new song says that our generation is "waiting on the world to change." I disagree. What we are d...read more

by titus james

"Life comes at you fast!" That's the slogan employed by a popular insurance company in its catchy, most recent media campaign. It's funny. And it's true...especially if that's the speed at which you come at life. One a...read more

by Lauren Russell

Perhaps this is a weaker generation. Or perhaps we had it too easy. This young generation never lived through a major war or hard times. We had Gulf Wars and a minor recession, but our parents protected us from any real ha...read more

by DJ Collingsworth

Good Lord, I am the poster child for quarter-life crisis. Through out my life, I was always in a hurry to get everything. Now that I'm twenty-five, I'm realizing that I'm not getting any younger and my life is spiraling in...read more

by Draven

Immaturity is the disease resulting in the 'quarter-life crisis' and 'mid-life crisis' phenomena. Personal responsibility is the cure. More young people today are raised in such a manner that they lack a solid sense of...read more

by Erik Van Tongerloo

A quarter life crises is something that happened by young adults when they are between 20 and 30 years old. In that time there are some changes in their life and some of them have some doubts about themselves. They are n...read more