tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17027941.post113320457891962826..comments2023-12-29T01:04:14.708-05:00Comments on a cat and twenty.: the fear of exhaustion.kate.d.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09967162934828397188noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17027941.post-1133300399880893122005-11-29T16:39:00.000-05:002005-11-29T16:39:00.000-05:00Duh...quarter-life crisis...that's what I meant! T...Duh...quarter-life crisis...that's what I meant! Thanks for the corrections everyone. <BR/><BR/>Oh and there is a group for all of us 20s and 30s peeps who want to change the world: Young Nonprofit Professional Network http://www.ynpn.org/<BR/><BR/>I've been to a few events and think it's a great place to network.Ronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13475385371083791264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17027941.post-1133292557848193992005-11-29T14:29:00.000-05:002005-11-29T14:29:00.000-05:00Yikes. I'd love to offer encouragement or sage wo...Yikes. I'd love to offer encouragement or sage words of advice, but having myself made the transition from grad-school salon social visionary to clock-punching cube-dweller living in the belly of the Corporate Beast, the best I can do is serve as a cautionary tale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17027941.post-1133287013704656642005-11-29T12:56:00.000-05:002005-11-29T12:56:00.000-05:00Okay, all I know about you is the little I've read...Okay, all I know about you is the little I've read in this blog and we've never met personally, but I can tell you that not only am I going through the same kind of a situation as you, but most of my friends are too. I've heard it described as a quarter life crisis and I totally believe it. <BR/><BR/>We all want to do so much at once and it's hard to discover that it's not so easy to savetheworldandfeelsatisfied. <BR/><BR/>Not sure if it helps or makes it worse, but you're definitely not in this alone. Maybe we should form a club. All the determined yet unsatisfied 25-ish's across the Midwest. Could be a major revolution - or disaster.<BR/><BR/>Hang in there!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01315635580312475748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17027941.post-1133282755602741552005-11-29T11:45:00.000-05:002005-11-29T11:45:00.000-05:00roni has some fantastic advice.in addition, as a c...roni has some fantastic advice.<BR/><BR/>in addition, as a college senior, we had to take a class that was supposed to help transition us into the "real world." they called what you and i are both going through, "the quarter life crisis."<BR/><BR/>what they failed to tell us was that our jobs would be boring and that our intelligence would be overlooked.<BR/><BR/>personally, i think the highest paid jobs should be given to recent college graduates: before the brain deteriorates over the next 40 years.<BR/><BR/>maybe that's because i just graduated though...Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683003842555592162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17027941.post-1133277355597517572005-11-29T10:15:00.000-05:002005-11-29T10:15:00.000-05:00Ah, I was where you are at 25 too. Welcome to your...Ah, I was where you are at 25 too. Welcome to your mid-life crisis. Which really isn't a crisis as much as a realization that you are now an adult and some of the things we held high in regard are no longer so high or are a bit dirty from reality. <BR/><BR/>Chin up, chica. You're still very passionate. But we'll never be as passionate about things at 25 or 30 as we were when we were 20. It's like love. Because it is love. It's our love for freedom, for justice, for human dignity. <BR/><BR/>If your job sucks, make a plan to get out. It can be as short as a year plan or a multi-year plan. Are you learning anything there? Are they paying you well enough? <BR/><BR/>Oh, and don't try to figure out where you want to be in 20 years. Just 5 years. That's long enough for a panic attack, but short enough that it might provide instant gratification. <BR/><BR/>And while you're plotting and planning, as jared said, bask in your new fame.Ronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13475385371083791264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17027941.post-1133209056874546902005-11-28T15:17:00.000-05:002005-11-28T15:17:00.000-05:00I could go ahead and write a sappy feel-good lette...I could go ahead and write a sappy feel-good letter. But really, Kate, I just don't believe the content of your post--I only believe some of what it means.<BR/><BR/>Your attacking yourself is just your want to do more. And to say you're not passionate? C'mon--you're the same sarcastic ranter (with good cause or not) you were in 1998.<BR/><BR/>You just don't like your job and have been following a pattern for a little while. But we all need to hibernate in between our masterpieces.<BR/><BR/>So again, I don't believe you. I'm just going to turn your words around and point out that you were making a mark even in this entry--speaking out on something you believe in. Most people will never get that far. Heck, just a week or two ago you pointed out your <A HREF="http://acatandtwenty.blogspot.com/2005/11/carnival-of-feminists-issue-3.html" REL="nofollow">new-found fame</A>.<BR/><BR/>I'll spare you from more allusions to the <A HREF="http://snipurl.com/happy_but_sucky" REL="nofollow">Progress Paradox</A> and instead point out that people make a difference but it's in new ways these days.<BR/><BR/>First off, you're going to find another job at some point.<BR/><BR/>Second, writing may be your new ticket to fame.<BR/><BR/>Third, stop this talk of lack of passion already. And get back to worrying about important things like how many more days until Daniel Radcliffe is legal...Jared Goralnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03977341494831267824noreply@blogger.com