Quarter Life Crisis
In early of 2010 I leave my home town, the place where I’ve spent 17 years. Leaving for a dream that I don’t event can explain explicitly, it’s probably because it was too abstract either I don’t even know my dream yet :D. However, I was very excited with everything ahead. It was incredible to live in Bandung, The city that taught me much lessons, up and down. I had a lot of problems, had no money, family problem, relationship, and some other psychological defect that made me create a huge leap. It was not a life I was expecting, but at the end I realize that sometimes life can hit you in the head with a brick but never lose your faith. A quotes from Steve jobs that always stuck on my mind since my first year of college. Anyway, I come from an average family, but I couldn't agree any more that my family has given me a strong foundation of life that I am so grateful of it. Later, I realize that all those problems were actually not a problem. In different perspective, I found that every problem that has passed by it gives me a very big lesson, it sounds cliché, but sometimes you’ll realize that that makes you stronger is your problems. We learn from them, I am not sure I will be today without all those problems. I am very grateful that I’ve been this far, knocked out all those problems at past. I think, this life is fairly fair. If you found someone think this life is not fair, they will soon realize that life is actually fair.
Today, I have moved even farther. I couldn't believe that now I live in Europe, the place where I never ever imagined that I would have living here. Now, I turned 24, living myself in a mid-life euphoria. Do I have problem? I do, even harder, bigger and more complicated than any problems at past. But, I always believe that something good is ahead to come. I think, facing problem is just the matter of perspective, sometimes you see it as an obstacle but you’ll never in the end it will drive you into a better life. It wasn't easy to put yourself in this perspective, because sometimes we are too busy to find a way out, instead the solution is yourself, I know maybe it sounds not practical but I have no word to explain. Just believe to yourself and soon everything is going to be better. trust me.
Probably mid-life crisis will be vary one to others, but it is undeniable, everyone will get it soon, we don’t have to be paranoia, Just keep yourself focus your day to day, put your best in any chance you get and keep in your mind that everything will be just fine. Sometimes life can hit you in the head with a brick, don’t lose faith :)
