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This is a question I have been asked quite often and over the past few years there's been talk about how today's postcollege transition will cause you to experience a "quarterlife crisis" during your twenties. Joining the ever-popular adolescent crisis, thirtysomething crisis, and mid-life crisis, if we were to follow this rationale by adding a quarterlife crisis to the list, it would mean our entire life is just one big crisis! More importantly, a crisis by definition is something that is abnormal. People are not supposed to live in crisis mode, but the fact is almost every twentysomething I have spoken to has struggled with adjusting to life after college. The truth is all these feelings of anxiety, stress, and confusion are normal and natural responses to such a major life change. So to call it a crisis is to completely misconstrue what is actually happening. Sure, it is a catchy term to use, but it is inaccurate and I think can potentially cause major harm by making people feel like they are abnormal for having such feelings. This then perpetuates all the negative feelings twentysomethings are feeling because they feel like they are the only ones feeling like this, which of course is exactly the opposite of what I want to do.
