The Quarter-life Life...

After much debate of calling it a euphoria, I would call the mid-twenties a life lived in quarter of the time. Not that the 'quarter-life crisis' is a false notion. But it is just incomplete.

Everything seems weird atop here. All that we have valued at the beginning of the second decade of our lives are questioned every minute - for the better. Peer pressure seems to be more in terms of meaningful things rather than stupid things. Exercise, jobs and a steady partner become the major fads. Some of the youthfulness takes over us once in a while and we become younger than we would have imagined, with the maturity and attitude of much elder person.

Suddenly what your mother told you when you were 18 makes sense. Your father seems to have done at least some things right in his life - both in terms of his living as well as bringing you up. You try to live up to the expectations of younger ones to lead a path of being free, but automatically tune yourself to be responsible enough to show them the flip-side of everything. In fact the flip-side takes priority in every reasoning.

Fashion is very important, but sensibility is the ruler. Like pain and anguish try to thrive in every aspect of your ethical dilemma, genuine happiness is something which has started showing up during every moment of times you do something to be happy. Parties with more than 5 people may seem crowded and flippant conversations are enjoyable for only an hour. Mostly every conversation must have a reference to your job, life, society and love. This might have been things you spoke about earlier, but now you are just too adamant about what is right even if it is against every thought in that room. Acceptability is preferential and more righteous.

You want to be at the top pf the world, but at the same time don't want to miss out on the very few moments left of complete independence from responsibility. Pay checks are as important as spending valuable time with family and developments in your career are as significant as the new found relations with your peers, family and friends.

Its dynamic, youthful, sensible yet confusing while transitioning in all aspects of life, during this life led at quarter-life!