Friends Help During a Quarterlife Crisis

posted 27th August 2009    Written by: Marisa    CATEGORY: All Posts, Love/Relationships, Marisa, Quarterlife Crisis, Season 1

I’m delirious.  Heat delirious.  It was 107 today in Portland and it should never be that hot.   ANYWHERE. It reminds me of home in Reno.  It’s funny, I left home to really experience life elsewhere and the heat follows me….

This week I have one of my old college roomies from University of Oregon for a visit.  And this weekend we’re heading up to Seattle to visit the rest of our old roomies for an epic weekend adventure.  It will be the first time that we’ve seen and been together since our graduation in 2005.

Alexia (visiting former college roomie) and I went to Powell’s bookstore today, aka MECCA.  I love that store, uncontrollably so.  It’s my fantasy to be locked in there after hours and run-a-muck.

So as Alexia and I were perusing the fantastic hallways of this wonderful institution, we ended up in the career section (sooo not on purpose).  Alexia wanted more information about a nursing career and I just wanted to find something comforting for my Quarterlife Crisis.  Cue the Quarterlife Crisis SECTION.

Unbelievably, a section dedicated to this period in one’s life actually exists. After looking at several books and completely judging them by their cover–that’s right, I’m not ashamed to admit it–I picked “Quarterlife Crisis: The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties” by Alexandra Robbins and Abby Wilner.  It looked like the only book written by actual twentysomethings that would have perspective, unlike the others.

I didn’t end up buying it because a) I’m unemployed and b) I have a library card.

However, finding that book, and heck, even that section, caused a little trickle of hope to bubble inside.  Others have gone through this and survived.

I’m going to tackle this weekend with the initiative to really enjoy my old friends and our memories of college, even though we have surpassed that social period of time. Luckily, my friends have embraced my new Quarterlife Crisis and even think it’s affected me positively.

Lovelyroomies

They’ve been there for me in my old life and now in the new.  (That’s us about to enjoy a pitcher at Norms!)

I can’t wait for this Seattle trip/College roomie reunion 2009.  And it will help to have to some fun before my mother comes up next week for a “talk” about where things are going.

It’s going to be one hell of week.

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