When I was 12, I took the school bus with all the neighborhood children. As an introvert, my favorite part was walking to and from the bus stop alone. I went to a school that may have 3% of black kids in attendance. Consequently, there were slim pickings of kids who looked like me at school, or in my neighborhood. As to not stick out any more than I already did, I hid my idiosyncrasies like a bomb ass game of hide-and-seek. To protect myself, I was quirky when I walked alone. I would dance to the music in my headphones, that connected to my anti-skip disc player. Looking up to the sky as Britney Spears sang to me, I'd marvel at the clouds and the birds flying by. Sometimes, I'd stop walking and sing out loud imagining I was on stage. I loved being alone. At this time I was free. It was when I could calm the noise in my mind to a settling 10 decibel. After school was a different vibe. Walking back home brought me a sense of anxiety because it required social inte
"Simply put, a quarter-life crisis is a period of intense soul searching and stress occurring in your mid 20s to early 30s."- Varci Vartanian Quarter-life crisis in picture format I have often experienced seasons of feeling lost, uncertain, and insecure of the direction my life was heading. However, I am feeling this much more then ever as of late. There are plenty of reasons that play a factor in this quarter-life crisis. 1. Marital Separation I am currently separated from my husband of 8 years. I founded my entire identity in being a wife and joining my entire being with someone else. The moment the relationship began to dissolve is when the quarter-life crisis red flags began to fly high. If all that I've made my life around is now gone then what was I? In the beginning, it left such a void in my life. I was constantly looking externally to friends, to family, to tangible objects to show me what to do. I found myself asking "What the fuck do I do now