Comments on: My Quarter-Life Crisis http://www.gringuitica.com/2006/04/my-quarter-life-crisis/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:09:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: The (Mis)Adventures of a Gringa (soon to be) in Costa Rica http://www.gringuitica.com/2006/04/my-quarter-life-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-42 The (Mis)Adventures of a Gringa (soon to be) in Costa Rica Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:38:32 +0000 http://www.gringuitica.com/?p=31#comment-42 <strong>Sarah's getting married!!!</strong> Sarah is getting married. Yes, yes: this is not "news" in the sense of it being new. I've known for months. But I'm all weepy about it now because I realize that Sarah is going to be a "wife" soon...... Sarah’s getting married!!!

Sarah is getting married. Yes, yes: this is not “news” in the sense of it being new. I’ve known for months. But I’m all weepy about it now because I realize that Sarah is going to be a “wife” soon……

]]> By: Andy R. http://www.gringuitica.com/2006/04/my-quarter-life-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Andy R. Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:01:20 +0000 http://www.gringuitica.com/?p=31#comment-41 Dude, you made me feel sooo old. I'm at the ripe age of 26! I have yet to get a job, but as you know, that's because I did a thing called grad school. I think that grad school may be a part of this delayed adulthood. It used to be that a high school diploma was enough to get a nice job, so as more people obtained their HS diploma, the requirements were raised to a bachelor's college degree. Now, it seems that the requirements are on the rise again, a bachelor's is not cutting it anymore, and employers are now looking more and more for people with advanced degrees such as master's or PhD. This extra schooling puts delays the entire job, starting a family, etc. I am still writing my thesis, but I might have a job pretty soon. I may soon dive into the world of adults, but I'm going to do a cannonball ;) Dude, you made me feel sooo old. I’m at the ripe age of 26! I have yet to get a job, but as you know, that’s because I did a thing called grad school. I think that grad school may be a part of this delayed adulthood. It used to be that a high school diploma was enough to get a nice job, so as more people obtained their HS diploma, the requirements were raised to a bachelor’s college degree. Now, it seems that the requirements are on the rise again, a bachelor’s is not cutting it anymore, and employers are now looking more and more for people with advanced degrees such as master’s or PhD. This extra schooling puts delays the entire job, starting a family, etc.
I am still writing my thesis, but I might have a job pretty soon. I may soon dive into the world of adults, but I’m going to do a cannonball ;)

]]> By: Verny Rivera http://www.gringuitica.com/2006/04/my-quarter-life-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Verny Rivera Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:58:19 +0000 http://www.gringuitica.com/?p=31#comment-40 hiii

yes you are right Erin, some studies say that our generation (the guys between 22-27) have a new phenomenon called “slowed childhood” (infancia atrasada) it means that we’re getting adult around 22-25 instead of 18-19.
and well it’s logical, maybe our natural clock is doing tick-tick now, but our mind could be thinking in another things like enjoy the life without responsabilities… and it’s getting us in crisis, because the social rules (and our internal clock) tell us that with 22-23 year we must be in a serious job and think in family but we think that we are so young to do that…

solutions…. well actually we have our lives in our hands… and we make our own road.

as Machado says

Caminante son tus huellas
El camino nada más;
caminante no hay camino
se hace camino al andar.

“walker, your footprints are the road, nothing more;
walker, there’s not road just you make it when you walk it”

]]> By: Jehan http://www.gringuitica.com/2006/04/my-quarter-life-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Jehan Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:48:52 +0000 http://www.gringuitica.com/?p=31#comment-39 I absolutely love this entry. Rebels unite! I absolutely love this entry. Rebels unite!

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