Personal Narrative Internal Journeys
Quarter-Life Crisis “Entering ‘Friends’: Season 1
by Mariami Gatenashvili
‘You’re a shoe! You’re a shoe, you’re a shoe, when you grow up?’ Already at the age of 6 and you’re a shoe!’ And today I just stopped and I said, ‘What if I don’t wanna be a shoe? What if I wanna be a- a purse, y’know? Or a- or a hat!’ is what Rachel said to her father when she started realizing that she could choose her own life path and not conform to her family’s or society’s expectations.
for the next 12 years, we know what awaits us. 6 years of primary school, 3 years of middle school, and another 3 of high school (in Greece). During these years, various expectations for our future are formed, either from the people around us or from ourselves. But what happens when one finishes their studies?
Since before starting school, we’re asked to Many at my age (25 years old) go through, or
answer the question: ‘What do you want to be have gone through, the same crisis I experi-
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