archana rao ([info]archanarao) wrote,
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finally found quarter life crisis!

well, i have gotten and lost this mail atleast thrice.
its been a topic of discussion with quite a few of my friends.
lets save it here and see in ten years if we feel the same ;)


Maybe we all r going through this "Being Twenty-Something"

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, mean 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 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. Send this to your twenty something friends.... maybe it will help someone feel like they aren't alone in their state of confusion.....

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Anonymous

April 21 2005, 17:35:50 UTC 7 years ago

Perfectly put!!

-Ayan Bhattacharya

[info]archanarao

April 22 2005, 05:39:52 UTC 7 years ago

oh hey!!!
look whos here!! how have u been?
loong time. what u upto these days

Anonymous

April 22 2005, 06:02:57 UTC 7 years ago

Well, let's put it this way, great writing will attract its conoisseurs...
I'm at IIM-L, final yr MBA...currently doing my internship at Hindustan Levers, B'lore.

How about you?
Huawei->Motorola->NUS MBA-when?

-Ayan Bhattacharya

[info]archanarao

April 22 2005, 06:12:21 UTC 7 years ago

oh yea, IIML, i knew that!
somethings wrong with my memory, i think im already growing old.
i had heard the most ridiculous rumours about how u went on for doing a PhD in IISC to disprove some age old physics/maths theory.... :)
don't blame me, blame pushkar's source for it.
only later did dhruv tell me that u were in IIML.
i laughed so hard dont ask.

me-> MBA, mostly fall 2006. not now.lets see.
HLL eh? thats nice.

Anonymous

April 22 2005, 06:20:16 UTC 7 years ago

I was in IISc for sometime, but disproving age old theories...guess I require to grow up a little bit more before I can do that :-D
Pushkar's at Intel right...got to meet up with that great man sometime.
Best wishes for your MBA, whenever you decide to take the managerial plunge :-)

-Ayan Bhattacharya
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