10 Signs That You Are Going Through A Quarter-Life Crisis
Written on July 15th, 2019.
Going through a quarter-life crisis is kind of like the film Inception: you don't really know you are in it until it sneaks up on you.
Slowly but surely, you start feeling negative emotions you were not feeling before: dread, confusion, loneliness and hopelessness.
Here are the signs to look out for:
1. You feel unmotivated everyday
The emphasis here is on everyday, because we all have ups and downs. If you skip your workout for one day, it doesn't necessarily mean anything. But if you constantly wake up feeling uninspired, not wanting to do anything and just want to lie down in your bed all day, this could mean something more serious.
2. You feel trapped with no good options around you
When you look in your environment, you do not see anything worthy of pursuing for your career, no worthwhile hobbies to tryout, nothing. Maybe you've started looking around for ways to get out of your quarter-life crisis, but nothing you tried has worked.
3. You become resentful of those around you
All of a sudden, you begin to question whether your friends are your real friends. You begin to resent your family that always puts pressure on you to live a certain way. You wonder why none of the people around you support your dreams and aspirations.
4. You find ways to escape
It is very common for people who have no purpose or meaning in their lives to constantly find ways to escape their pain. This includes spending countless hours watching Netflix, YouTube or scrolling through social media.
Maybe you spend too much time partying instead of trying to look for your purpose. Or you play video games incessantly.
5. You are bored all the time
Boredom is actually the worst place you could be in. On the surface it might not seem like anything serious, but this really means that you are not living up to your full potential. You are not challenging yourself, pushing yourself or growing yourself. In other words, you are stuck.
Boredom is where the need for escapism comes from. It's the inability to sit still, to do meaningful work and appreciate life as it is.
6. You indulge in unhealthy habits
You let yourself go. You eat more junk food than usual, don't take care of your health and maybe you gained a few pounds. You go to bed very late and your sleep schedule is totally out of wack. But you don't even care, because you have nothing to look forward to when you wake up each morning.
Maybe you used to have good habits like going to the gym, getting in touch with your loved ones frequently and you had cool hobbies. But you stopped doing them.
7. You watch lots of self-help videos in hopes that it'll help you find more clarity
You digest a lot of self-help content, but none of it seems to click with you. You might tryout the last self-help fad, do affirmations and visualization in hopes that maybe that next trick will help. But really, all you are doing is trying to find a solution externally instead of internally.
8. You feel disconnected from your job and your work environment
You might be at a decent job that pays well, but somehow it just "doesn't feel right." The job doesn't really appeal to you beyond the paycheck, and you secretly wish and daydream about working somewhere else.
9. You feel overworked at your job, on the edge of burnout
Doing something that you hate everyday can only lead to misery and hopelessness. You have very little time off, and if you do, you are way too tired to do anything. You have no energy to hangout with friends, to see your loved ones or to exercise.
10. You compare yourself to other people constantly
You feel like you should be further ahead in life than you are now. You watch your old friends on social media already getting PhD's or becoming rich, and you wonder why you haven't gotten that far yet. In comparison, you feel inferior and unworthy.
Now, you know the main signs.
If you recognized yourself in those signs and you are ready to overcome your quarter-life crisis, feel free to apply for a 30-minute free consultation call with me.
John Killingsworth (alias)
John K. (alias) helps millennials to overcome their quarter-life crises. He is an expert at guiding people to the truth, helping them in confronting their inner demons and finding their life purpose. If you're interested in overcoming your quarter-life crisis, then definitely reach out and request a free consultation call today.
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