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Young crisis
The document discusses the phenomenon of a "quarter-life crisis" that many people experience in their mid-20s. It suggests there is a myth that one's 20s are the best time of life, but many young adults find themselves struggling with the transition to adulthood, facing stress over their career path, relationships, and financial stability. Surveys show high percentages of people in their mid-20s feeling under pressure and that they are having a quarter-life crisis. The document examines how this generation faces more uncertainty than previous ones, with economic instability and lack of clear paths, leaving many twentysomethings feeling lost.
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Young crisis
- 1. Q UA RTE R -‐ L I F E C R I S I S
- 2. There is a myth in the current culture. “ Your twen*es is the best period in your life… but obviously that’s not true
- 3. myth GENERATIONAL PERCEPTIONS There is a in the current culture. Who keeps this myth alive? old patterns from older generations * ‘If I were twenty ‘ With your age I had ‘ When I was 25 ‘With your age I was something…’ fun and worked non-‐ we had fun in a already building my stop…’ different future…. way. ‘
- 4. gradua>on Social Life driving license job hunt acne Well known MID LIFE CRISIS QUARTER LIFE CRISIS
- 5. “ “A quarter-‐life crisis is worst than a midlife crisis; it’s twenty years premature. No one gives you any sympathy and you are too young and insignificant to buy a sports car and run off with your secretary” Flat mate Fred to Jack – “Twenty Something: The quarter Life Crisis of Jack Lancaster” “ There are not that many documents explaining the phenomenon. However, on the other hand the Internet is full of informa*on, blogs, news, opinions and help for those young adults who feel lost and frustrated with the path their lives are taking. Twentysomethings also feel that the choices they make during this period will influence. Their thir*es, for*es, fiIies and on, in an irreparable domino effect. “Quarter-‐Life Crisis: how to get your head round life in your twen*es”
- 6. surveys from young Brands Gumtree’s survey in 2010-‐2011 among 1,100 young Vodafone made a survey in 2011 among BriRsh people people between 18-‐29 yo in London. between 26-‐ 30 yo. -‐ 86% feel stressed and under pressure. -‐ 73% feel they are having a quarter life crisis. -‐ professional career. -‐ stress and inadequacy -‐ relaRonships. -‐ everyone else is doing beWer -‐ financial. than them.
- 7. Twentysomethings are far away from being the passionate and energeRc young people that they’re supposed to be. They are struggling with the transiRon between childhood and adulthood. * Growing up and be prepared for real life is a task carried out in the high school and college years. But why the preparaRon needed for the real world is delegated to the College years? It is clear that is not enough to prepare our youngsters. There is no University or InsRtuRon capable of preparing our youngsters for the future. # Actually who knows how the future looks like? Times have changed. Twentysomethings have changed. Also the transiRon has changed.
- 8. VOX POP> DIESEL -‐ CZ RESEARCH // April 2012 -‐ CP+B -‐ “We were encouraged to do whatever we wanted to be happy but turns out that it is not real anymore.” Morgane, 25 yo. Medicine Post-‐graduate. -‐ “ We were taught to grow up and fit in this world – a preWy fucked up context… we are not prepared for this one.” Jan, 27 yo. IT engineer. -‐ get married. job things social -‐ plan your family.. life to do -‐ keep some social life. salary before -‐ be responsible. future -‐ get a good job with good salary and love it.. family 30 -‐ buy a house. hobbies freedom bills -‐ economic crisis frustraRng boredom -‐ heavier compeRRon when applying for jobs. carreer world for young -‐ disturbing social landmarks. recogni>on fun talented -‐ dealing with massive changes during all our lives. -‐ a misbelief on tradiRonal ways of living. people. girls -‐ rejecRon of social cohesion pillars. So many changes. More stuff So many things to deal with. DrasRc events. Feeling lost. depression No experts – peer orientated
- 9. Lack of posi>ve social roles and models – it’s a fucked up world A-‐ The Silent Genera>on had the Great Depression, the World Wars and the Cold War. B-‐ The Baby Boomers had Vietnam War and the Kennedy assassinaRons, MarRn Luther King, and the civil rights movement. They also had an Anthem from Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit. C-‐ Millennials are the first generaRon to grow up in the InformaRon Age, the Internet as a primary method of communicaRon. The world has evolved so quickly that feels impossible to be prepared for it. They do not have a strong, collecRvely shared historical moment that helped to define them and conRnues to shape their idenRty. But we can spot those social events that definitely make them more insecure: September 11th Columbine Massacre. Young protests due to crisis Breivik’s Massacre
- 10. Media and social models & references for the twentysomethings… -‐ The rapid growth of the Internet, with many fresh-‐faced entrepreneurs gaining a fortune, is said to be a widespread cause of depression and anxiety for less well-‐known young adults. -‐ 'The media trumpets the success of twentysomethings. People think they have to do something big by the Rme they are 25 rather than 45. -‐ 'The Quarterlife Crisis is a response to instability, constant change, too many choices, and a panicked sense of helplessness.‘ -‐ Lacking close family Res and with few firm friends because of their hecRc careers, they suffer a crisis of confidence that usually leads to depression or other social conflicts. Social capital of this generaRon insecuriRes – disappointment – loneliness – depression drug abuse – alcoholism – illnes s– violence – social pressure – psychological distress -‐ sex scandals – suicides
- 11. The forever 27 Club – Only the good die young – Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll. The mysRc concept refers to many popular musicians that have died at the age of 27. Usually as a result of precipitous lifestyles that made them candidates for early self-‐destrucRon. {Weiss, D. “Amy Winehouse & The 27 Club”.} The deaths of some prominent musicians at age 27, such as Robert Johnson, Brian Jones and others have been linked to this idea. 27 years, 27 years, 44 days. 207 days 27 years, 27 years, 234 days 258 days James Dean, 25 yo, Oqs Reading, 26 yo. Tupac Shakur, 25 yo. … Christopher Wallace (Biggie Small), 25 yo. Heath Ledger, 28 yo. 27 years, 27 years, 295 days 312 days
- 12. The forever 27 Club – Quarter-‐Life death. Robert Johnson: August 16, 1938. Linda Jones: March 14, 1972. Unknown, but typically aWributed to strychnine poisoning. ComplicaRons from diabetes. Blues singer and musician who recorded a very famous and influenRal set Soul singer. of 29 songs. 27 years, 91 days 27 years, 100 days Pete Ham: April 24, 1975. Brian Jones: July 3, 1969 Suicide by hanging. "death by misadventure", Keyboardist and guitarist, leader of Badfinger. Rolling Stones founder, guitarist and mulR-‐instrumentali 27 years, 362 days. 27 years, 125 days Jean-‐Michel Basquiat: August 12, 1988. Jimi Hendrix: September 18, 1970. Speedball overdose . AsphyxiaDon. Painter and graffi* ar*st; formed the band Gray. Pioneering electric guitarist, singer and songwriter for The Jimi 27 years, 234 days Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys. 27 years, 295 days Kurt Cobain: April 5, 1994. Suicide by gunshot. Janis Joplin: October 4, 1970. Founding member, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for Nirvana. Probable heroin overdose. 27 years, 44 days. Lead vocalist and songwriter for Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Kozmic Blues Band and Full Tilt Boogie Band. Amy Winehouse: July 23, 2011. 27 years, 258 days Alcohol poisoning. Singer-‐songwriter; first Bri*sh woman to win five Grammy Jim Morrison: July 3, 1971. Awards in single ceremony. Reported as heart failure . 27 years, 312 days Lead singer, lyricist and video director for The Doors, and poet. 27 years, 207 days Richard Turner: August 11, 2011. Cardiac arrest. Trumpet player, collaborator with Friendly Fires. 27 years, 12 days
- 13. The forever 27 Club -‐ Amy Winehouse’s death – GeneraRonal cohesion Less relevant than Kurt Cobain’s death. Amy Winehouse’s death was an awaking call of mortality for our generaRon. Amy Winehouse’s figure produced a social reacRon moving and unifying twentysomethings. Amy Winehouse’s death is a symbol of this modern Quarter-‐Life Crisis.
- 14. The forever 27 Club -‐ Kurt Cobain’s death – GeneraRonal cohesion Above. Cobain’s Memorial at the VireWa Park, SeaWle. Right. Kurt Cobain’s funeral in SeaWle. Further right. Guitar memorial to Kurt Cobain. Kurt Cobain is the closest unifying event that our generaRon have lived. Even though we can’t consider this as an historical element of cohesion.
- 15. Lyrics; Smells like teen spirit Load up on guns, bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's overboard and self-‐assured Oh, no, I know a dirty word Hello, Hello, Hello, How Low (x3). Hello, Hello, Hello “ “Take some MDMA and jump from a plane. With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us When it comes the *me of pulling the parachute. I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us Think twice. Don’t do it. A mulaao , An albino , A mosquito , My libido , Yeah Wait. I'm worse at what I do best Wait *ll you see the earth becoming bigger and bigger. And for this giw I feel blessed Our liWle group (tribe) has always been Wait *ll you realize that you are dying. And always will unRl the end Wait *ll your face is 50 cm far from the ground. With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us That moment before you die, that moment before I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us everything disappears… U feel alive. More than ever before. (Guitar solo) That moment is worth to die for. “ And I forget just why I taste Oh, yeah, I guess it makes me smile I found it hard, it's hard to find Immortal Kurt Cobain. Oh well, whatever, nevermind With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us
- 16. Bad girls -‐ M.I.A.
- 17. Awer all, yeah. To be a twentysomething is risky these days. The quarter-‐life crisis is a period of confusion and fear. There is a cultural feeling of failing before even trying. The quarter-‐life crisis describes a period of your life when you are making plans for the rest of your days. -‐ All the models and references for youngsters nowadays Youth unemployment rates in the EU 27 and the Eurozone are really pessimisRc -‐ death at 27, serious issues published by the media on young adults behaviour, drug abuse, violence etc, some cases of success that are meant to be inspira*onal for youngsters but that turns into frustra*on and an early feeling of failing along of course with the high unemployment rate in Europe. -‐ Moreover the situaRon outside gets worst by the endless economical crisis, corrupRon cases, lack of trust in poliRcs… All the rules around the twentysomethings‘ world are falling apart.
- 18. This world belongs to those who want it more -‐ and it Smells like teen spirit. But let’s don’t forget something; this generaRon is leading the way. They have the duty of improving the present world. Twentysomethings to learn that if the world doesn’t have a place where they can be happy, they have to build it, fight for it, and be brave along the way. That’s exactly what they are doing… their future, their rules… 2011 person of the year ImmigraRon flow in Europe keeps Time for change; Soon all the CEOs will according to TIME magazine. growing. eg: the Arab Spring> have taWoos. Young Adults &Internet..
- 19. Maybe there are not so many sources, experts or official help for this life crisis, but the truth is that all of us have it -‐ is about who hides it beWer. Also, in a fragmented world were everything seems to go solo in mulRple direcRons there is something that unify us; all the confusion and fear of this period and the desire of changing that. So every day to live is a great opportunity.