How to conquer a Quarter-life Crisis

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Clemson chapter.

Everyone has heard of a mid-life crisis: the realization of being over-the-hill and

everything thrilling, new and surprising must be done in order to feel like that

young, hip twenty-year-old we all once were or still are, but I don’t believe people

have heard of the “quarter-life crisis” than many of us have.

This phenomenon occurs around the age of twenty-years old, when we are all

shedding the possibility of being a teen mom or releasing the teenage angst you’ve

had pent up since you turned thirteen. It starts out with the thrill of the epiphany

that you are now seen as an adult and ends with doing something slightly reckless to

prove to yourself that you’re still a kid. It can be as tame or wild as you choose.

Here are a few ideas for how to (ir)responsibly deal with your ever-looming

1. Find a new hobby!

5. Treat Your Self!

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More than likely at a concert, in the woods, or buying random items off Craigslist.

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