Who has not heard of the midlife crisis at this point? That thing that seems to happen to 40-something people when they realize that they are getting old and start doing everything to feel young, from good things like starting to go to the gym or completely changing their line of work to dedicate themselves to what they always wanted to do, to crazy things like buying a motorcycle without even knowing how to drive it or downright questionable stuff like getting a lover half their age. But what no one talks about is another phenomenon that I believe happens to almost all of us when we are close to 25, which has only recently been recognized among psychologists and other developmental specialists: the so-called “quarter-life crisis” . Basically, it's that infamous stage between adolescence and adulthood in which one doesn't know where life is going, and when the age that's on your ID is much older than what you feel you are. It's what happens when you're at a family
Hi, I'm Gaby! I'm a twenty-something grandma, world citizen, hopeless pacifist, social worker and activist. Topics I like to write about include the Consistent Life Ethic, growing up in a binational household, Liberation Theology and navigating life with a disability.