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Quarterlife Crisis - Are you pushing 30 or been there done that?

October 29th, 2007 by PG Chic

I came across a Quarterlife Crisis Web site recently to find information for one of my co-workers who turned 30 last month. Now granted, the “quarterlife crisis” starts at 25, but turning 30 I would say is the culmination of the whole feeling of finally “growing up” and transitioning to adulthood.

Of course, I’m talking about women…not men. No offense, but some guys are still “growing up” at age 35 or 40. Don’t get me started on the mid-thirties crisis that some men go through. One of my friends said her husband grew a beard and bought a motorcycle when he turned 35. Can you imagine, a crisis at 35? That’s not even the real “midlife crisis” at 50.

Anyway, lucky me — I must have gotten all of that out of my system at 25 because turning 30 wasn’t that big of a deal…I embraced it. Ask me again as I get closer to 40. Anyway, if you’re still clinging onto your twenties trying to find yourself (or you are in your 30s and need a wake-up call that you’re not 20 anymore), check out this book, “Quarterlife Crisis: The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties”