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Crisis = Danger & Opportunity

September 22, 2007 by krisis

Last year I approached my 25th birthday with trepidation – I’m on the younger side of my group of friends, and I’d watched each of them struggle with some variety of a quarter-life crisis. Who am I? What am I doing with myself? What am I spending all of my time and money on? The questions seemed as endless as they were answerless.

To boot, the end of my first quarter was off to an inauspicious start: I had recently quit the acappella group that was my only after-work activity. I wanted to perform my original music, but I had nowhere to play and no one to play with.

And, right on my birthday, Elise and I had a hideous fight, a rare thing for us.

I love a crisis, because it represents both danger and opportunity, so I made my quarter-life as a challenge. In a year where most twenty-somethings freaked out about lacking direction I would turn my meandering life into a pure vector, improving every aspect.

The whole endeavor sounded ridiculous last September when I conceived of it – how could I better every aspect of my life without some cataclysmic change, like winning the lottery or developing telekinesis?

As it turns out, if you want to truly alter your life you have to treat it like a weather pattern – starting with the proverbial flutter of butterfly wings and winding up on the other side of a hurricane of change.

It yielded some results I couldn’t have possibly anticipated, many of which I already touched on for CK’s birthday a month ago. I performed live in almost every month of the year. I rebooted my blog, creating something I adore more than ever. I’ve saved more money than I have in my entire life previous, but I still found a way to afford voice lessons. I’m eating healthier than I ever have before, but it’s not just a tacit attempt to jump start my anorexia. And, as evidenced by my yet-to-be-recounted Thursday night as a rock star, Gina and I are finally a band.

The list goes on and on, but it ends with the most important item: I’m happy right where I am.

Last night at dinner my mother asked me if I felt any older, and I think I surprised her by saying yes.

I feel older in the best possible way.

Filed Under: adulthood, betterment, Year 08

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  1. Lindsay says

    September 23, 2007 at 11:25 pm

    I hope it was a happy one, my dear. SOOO glad K and I were able to celebrate with you a bit on Friday! :)

Trackbacks

  1. Crushing Krisis » The Arrival of Arcati Crisis says:
    September 24, 2007 at 12:29 am

    […] Flash back to a year ago – the beginning of my quarter-life danger/opportunity. […]

  2. Crushing Krisis › September In Review says:
    October 1, 2007 at 1:45 am

    […] An epiphany. Why I don’t like Heroes. A brand new version of “Standing“. My birthday, and the path to Arcati Crisis’s debut at the Tin Angel. Six consecutive happy hours. Other […]

  3. Crushing Krisis › Happy Birthday To This says:
    August 26, 2008 at 10:01 am

    […] taxi-driver conversations. I played a game of “what if I managed Britney?” I conquered my quarter-life crisis. I co-invented (and later conducted) an Upscale Bar Crawl. I blogged daily for an entire month for […]

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