So many female friends of mine right now seem to be going through major transformations, questioning the foundations of where they thought their lives were going. Have we become so focused on trying to have everything that we are in danger of ending up with nothing?
Most of my friends left uni 5-8 years ago determined to chase the dream in London and pursue an exciting and fulfilling career (in fields as diverse as finance, journalism, fashion and engineering), with the expectation that somewhere along the way they would also meet the "right" guy and that was the way that life was simply meant to be.....
Now, as many of us hit or approach 30, we are finding that everything is not as it seems. Some of us are already have a marriage, and in some cases a divorce, under our belt, many of us are utterly burnt out from years of working so hard in competitive industries, some have some wonderful children but are burnt out for different reasons because they are desperately trying to juggle motherhood and careers, while often times envying their single girlfriends who seem to have so much "me time" while the single friends are busy panicking that they need to really stop thinking about career and focus on settling down to have a family. All in all it is a huge conundrum - and no one seems to be particularly happy. Have we all got so good at papering over the cracks to prevent ourselves from falling through them that we don't know where we are headed to anymore?
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