Quarterlife Crisis
The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties
Introduction
What Is the Quarterlife Crisis?
Jim, the neighbor who lives in the three-story colonial down the block, has recently turned 50. You know this because
Jim's wife threw him a surprise party about a month ago. You also know this because, since then, Jim has dyed his hair
blond, purchased a leather bomber jacket, traded in his Chevy Suburban for a sleek Miata, and ditched the wife for a
girlfriend half her size and age.
Yet, aside from the local ladies' group's sympathetic clucks for the scorned wife, few neighbors are surprised at Jim's
instant lifestyle change. Instead, they nod their heads understandingly. "Oh, Jim," they say. "He's just going through
a midlife crisis. Everyone goes through it." Friends, colleagues, and family members excuse his weird behavior as an
inevitable effect of reaching this particular stage of life. Like millions of other middle-aged people, Jim has reached
a period during which he believes he must ponder the direction of his life-and then alter it.
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