There are many reasons why more and more young adults are experiencing the quarter-life crisis, however there is one thing that seems to bring on the crisis more than anything else: career comparison. Teddy Roosevelt said that ‘comparison is the thief of joy’ and the more I coach young adults about their careers, the more […]
quarterlifedev
January 21, 2020
Unfortunately, there is no ‘one size fits all’ definition for coaching. I think this is the case because everyone is different and therefore everyone has their own unique style and definitions for what they do. This is great because it means that there is a huge amount of variety and people can find exactly the […]
quarterlifedev
December 22, 2019
One common theme I have noticed from coaching young adults experiencing the quarter-life crisis is that our generation seems to put an enormous pressure on making the ‘right’ decision. I resonate with this desire entirely. I remember leaving university and wanting to learn about every single industry and job type before making a decision. How […]
quarterlifedev
November 22, 2019
20-somethings are often labelled a non-resilient ‘snowflake’ generation, and a quarter-life crisis is often met with an eye-roll and some mumbling around how we just need to ‘get on with it’. Recently I have found that most of my coaching conversations have led back to the topic of resilience, and I have noticed a more […]
quarterlifedev
October 13, 2019
(3 Minute Read) Imagine the following unlikely situation, that for some reason an over-zealous recruiter told you that your life depended on securing a highly competitive, high paying job in the next 3 weeks. For the sake of the example, imagine that there was absolutely no way you could get out of the contract and that the […]
quarterlifedev
September 20, 2019
Lately I have become interested in something called ‘background dissatisfaction’. I heard these words from Eckhart Tolle’s book: The Power of Now. He describes how so many of us have an underlying anxiety about life that we are so accustomed to, we barely even notice it. It’s a bit like having muscle that has been […]
quarterlifedev
August 28, 2019
Choosing what you want to do with your life should be inspiring, exciting and motivating, but for some reason the whole process has become something that fills us with dread. It is no wonder that most people lose motivation whilst job searching, I challenge anyone to be able to spend a day scrolling through Reed […]
quarterlifedev
July 12, 2019
