Quarter Life Crisis

A quarter-life crisis for me would probably look like exhaustion from the 40-hour work week, realizing I don't want to spend the majority of my life working for people away from home, and I'd probably really want to move to a warmer state than where I am now. A lot of times, I look at how my decisions now will impact the future. I set boundaries so it doesn't get worse later. I transformed into a stronger person over time. 

A quarter-life crisis can start as early as 25... when the brain has fully developed, and you realize what you want in life. I think putting yourself and your happiness first is the best thing someone can do in a lot of situations, especially if there are any unhealthy mindsets or relationships involved. 

I think someone's mid-twenties to early thirties can really show what kind of person they are (obviously, unless they do a transformation and completely change). It's not fair to judge people based on their teenage years or early twenties. I remember as I got older how my younger siblings could be pretty annoying sometimes, which is super normal (as I'm sure I was for them, too), but now I think they're really cool and fun!

When I turn 25, it'll be interesting to look back on my life and where I am at that point. It's funny how a quarter life crisis can happen around this age when most people don't even make it to 100. So it'll be over a quarter of my life over. Well, you also have to take into consideration that people typically don't have any or many memories from their youngest years. Plus, so much is happening between 0-25 that it goes by so fast. 

It's funny how I can analyze how my life has gone so far when I have no idea what the rest of my life looks like. The best day of my life so far is, obviously, my wedding day, and I don't think another day will join the top days of my life until I have kids. 

If I could ditch work and had unlimited money, I'd buy a home in a warmer state, and become a snowbird, and, of course, get annual passes to certain theme parks... they may or may not involve a mouse and the other a globe. 

I told my husband this horrible joke I made up: I figured out why I get headaches. Why? My brain has growing pains, because it hasn't stopped developing! I know, not good... haha I like to assume it's because my dad gets them, but I really just have to make sure I eat, sleep, drink water, sit properly, and don't clench my teeth.

25 is three months away. I'll officially be in my mid-twenties. That feels weird. Getting older has always felt kind of strange cause I've always been mistaken for being younger than I actually am. When I eventually reach 30, I don't know if anyone will believe me when I tell them my age, to be honest! 

Where did I think I would be by 25? Basically right where I am right now, so I guess it all worked out. 

I don't know why God has us age the way He does. Why do we die around a certain age? Why does the average age of death fluctuate? I don't like to think about death, because what's the point? One of my favorite verses, Matthew 6:27, talks about not worrying about things because they don't add time to your life, it only wastes and takes away time. So, even if you see your age get higher and higher - ages you thought would take forever to reach - it's okay. Just embrace it, and, hey, maybe it'll be your best year yet! 

~ The Inspired One