Quarter-life Crisis
Being Twenty-something - they call it the "Quarter- life Crisis. It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself that you didn't know and may not like......
You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now. You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met, and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones.
What you don't recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren't really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you.
You look at your job ... and it is not even close to what you thought you would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and that scares you.
Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are constantly adding things to your list of what is acceptable and what isn't.
One minute, you are insecure and then the next, secure. You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life, but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away, and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward.
You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you. Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough that you want to get to know better. Or maybe you love someone but love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doing this because you know that you aren't a bad person. One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap. Getting wasted and acting like an idiot don't seem as fun.
You go through the same emotions and questions over and over, and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision.
You worry about loans, money, the future and making a life for yourself... and while winning the race would be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender! What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out.
Pass this to your twenty-something friends... maybe it will help someone feel like they aren't alone in their state of confusion...
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." It's really amazing when two strangers become the best of friends, but it is really sad when the best of friends become two strangers.
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這本書Works of Satoshi KAMIYA 1995-2003是在Origami USA的網站上發現的。一看到就馬上被封面上那隻紅色的龍吸引，實在是太厲害了，馬上激起我挑戰高難度摺紙的好勝心，請bibi幫我買回家!這一本書要$50美金呢! 謝謝bibi.
本書收入Satoshi Kamiya 神谷哲史1995-2003年的作品。神谷哲史現年24歲，年紀輕輕就已在日本著名的電視節目- TV Champion 中得到摺紙比賽的冠軍。本書收入了他的19 項作品，每一個都非常精緻細膩，難得的是有很精確的圖解，還有指示要用多大張的紙摺，所以只要細心的跟隨每一個步驟，通常不會有"卡住"的地方。本書的作品都有一種古世紀神密的味道，除了封面這隻Ancient Dragon外，還有另一隻存在阿拉伯神話中的Divine Dragon- Bahamut，存在日本神話中的神豬Inoshishigami、麒麟、飛馬、女巫、和恐龍。
小黃鳥是我第一個摺出來的作品，雖說是小黃鳥，應該要用黃色的紙摺的，可是沒有色紙了，就變成咖啡色的.....這個模型好像是跟據一個很有名的電動玩具角色創造的，我覺得他短短的翅膀跟尾巴很可愛! 等我搞到大張色紙的時候，我就要來跟封面的巨龍挑戰了!