quarter-life crisis

career change

Moving to different occupation

• job hoppingFrequently changing employers
• relocationPermanent change of residence
• travelMovement between locations

gap year · first job · graduation · independence · moving out · breakup · starting over · exploration · experimentation · risk-taking

self-discovery

Learning one's true character

• purposeReason something exists
• valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
• authenticityQuality of being genuine

passion · meaning · beliefs · interests · lifestyle · direction · who am I · reinvention · soul-searching · journaling

uncertainty

State of being unsure

• existential dreadTerror at meaningless being
• overwhelmDefeat by excess
• insecurityUncertainty about oneself

worry · panic · restlessness · fear of failure · paralysis · indecision · comparison · imposter syndrome · self-doubt · questioning

expectations

Beliefs about future outcomes

• burnoutChronic occupational depletion
• exhaustionState of utter depletion
• deadlinesSubmission cutoff times

competition · social media · milestones · timeline · peers · success · achievement · adulting · responsibilities · student loans

• identityidentity, personal identity, self, selfhood, self-expression
• life choicescareer change, career choice, college choice, family planning, childfree
• life stagesbaby, teenager, adult, childhood, adolescence
• adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
• adulthoodadulting, maturity, responsibilities, responsibility, milestones
• coming-of-agecoming-of-age, bildungsroman, growing up, maturation, youth