From: Why You Feel Lost in Your 20s
Quarter-life crisis
1. Locked in / Caged
- you find yourself trapped in a life you don't want)
- an outward identity that conforms to adapt to the outside world, compulsive activities
2a. Physically and mentally check out
- oscillation between confidence and shame
- "i worked really hard but i feel really empty"
- false identity that is no longer working, ppl get stuck after having lost their extrinsic
2b. Timeout / Identity vacuum
- you may try to move back into life, make you old life work
- intentionally move away from your old life
- travels, goes to a different physical location
- take a step out of your life
- sit with the uncertainty
- intentional evidence of the past and of the future
- im done w my old life
3. Exploring / Figuring things out
- explore your id
- create yourself
4. Rebuilding
- craft your external life to fit who you are on the inside
Takeaway: If your life is not what you want, you need to let go, take a timeout, and change it