[Need Help] quarter life crisis?

the problem isn't the car you have. it's yourself. when your happiness is based on external stimuli you're never going to be content. the novelty of your new car will wear off within a month or two, then you'll look for bigger and faster again. next thing you know you're in debt up to your neck which only makes your life worse.

you have to work on yourself. find out why you're truly not happy. i can tell you it's not because you don't have a sports car.

i think what most people are looking for is freedom, either from their job, relationship, or expectations. try to recognize what's keeping you down, then you can find a real solution.

 

I thought you were gonna stop being a b****?

 

For some reason, this sentence made me laugh.

You can either tell me what's wrong with my life.....or what kind of car I should buy. Either or.

 

Do what the mid-lifers do.

Find a chick half your age, lure her in with a nice car and shiny things then bone the hell out of her.

 

I think its because you are settled into a routine, i am only a little bit older than you and i feel the same way at times, but i am trying to change things up so i don't feel like asking "is this it?" all the time. i started working out and travel (by myself) in the last year and its been pretty interesting, met a lot of cool people and refreshes the mind.


also i go on facebook and errbody is getting married these days, not sure how these people deal with the monotony at such a young age haha

 

Do you really have issues or just want a newer car? I ask because you seem to really want a new one.

You're 23 years old. Go find yourself before acting like a 53 year old.

 

mini-vacay!!!

#yolololol

 

Might be quarter life crisis, or just the stirring in your soul.

Either way, do you wonder sometimes about the outcome of a still verdictless life?
Are you living it right?

 

Train for a marathon or climb a mountain. Seriously. You'll get far more satisfaction from that than buying a car.

 

Man, just go to the Men's Club for lunch and look at some boobs for a while. That should get you out of your funk and is a hell of a lot cheaper than a new car.

 

Ride a bike.

 

this is great advice. step out of your comfort zone. it's scary as **** but you'll feel like you have an actual life.

 

slump buster?

 

Sky dive. Deep sea dive. Go jet skiing. Just do things you usually don't do or are scared to.

 

I was thinking what macalu posted.

daFU--???

Spoiler

DUDE. He's 23.

 

Don't get a solstice/sky/TT or 350Z. 350's got pretty quick in the last couple of years, but the vast majority of those cars are DOGS. Like 14+ second cars. Audi TT's only got good in this last generation (09+?), so those are probably out of your price range.

Not sure what your price range is, but judging by some of the cars on your list, you'd be better off getting a C5 Z06. Interiors are DATED, but they still ROLL OUT. Can be had for low 20's.

All of these cars you listed will murk your insurance, brah.

 

I remember you were asking about getting in shape here awhile back. I hope you are keeping up with that and you will find that the more in shape you are the better your outlook on life will be.

Also it's not unusual for people to feel a little loss in their early or mid 20's. Jack Kerouac in On the Road even wrote about it as "the beat evil days of the mid 20's." You are out of adolescence but still coming to terms with adulthood. Heck a lot of people feel that way into their 40's. Keep in mind that you still have a lot of life out ahead of you. Get out and experience it. Go and travel, play sports, take career risks, and etc.. You will still have time later to settled down and lead a boring life.

 

The biggest myth of the postwar era is that your late teens and early twenties are "the best years of your life." It's actually your early 30's, because you still have your health and you're reaping the rewards of any choices and sacrifices you made after high school.

Take the money you would spend on a new car and go to night/grad school or get some professional certifications. Either that or start donating to and networking with local professional, arts or charitable groups, with the long term intent of getting in a leadership role. That will indirectly fill your calendar, black book and rolodex and set you on a higher and faster trajectory going into middle age.