The Odyssey Years - We’re not aimless, we’re on a epic journey. Whew!

The NY Times recently ran an op-ed article that I found very encouraging. Apparently, the years between college and adult-hood are now extended since so many of us are not settling down. We are not aimless slackers-we are in the "Odyssey" phase. The Odyssey Years

"There used to be four common life phases: childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age. Now, there are at least six: childhood, adolescence, odyssey, adulthood, active retirement and old age. Of the new ones, the least understood is odyssey, the decade of wandering that frequently occurs between adolescence and adulthood."

I feel much better about myself. I am not delaying adulthood, I am on a quest! Ha! So I don't have a house/car/boyfriend...I'm slaying things and wandering the world (okay-wandering Seattle, or sitting at home watching TV-but it's the Travel Channel so that has to count for something). I'm not a slacker, I am taking part in a new movement.. Whew!

I really like this part "Educated women can get many of the things they want (income, status, identity) without marriage, while they find it harder (or, if they're working-class, next to impossible) to find a suitably accomplished mate."

It's not me and my intimacy issues or complete inablity to flirt. It's not that I am totally oblivious to any sort of come-on and tblow any sort of dating life that I have on the second date..it's society. I am not at fault for my total lameness in dating, .it's my level of education. The NYT has spoken and I feel so much better! Yippeee!

So, if we are all Odysseyus what is the Cyclops? What enemy do we have to slay? Social Security? Global warming?

We’re not aimless, we’re on a epic journey. Whew!


I feel much better about myself. I am not delaying adulthood, I am on a quest! Ha! So I don't have a house/car/boyfriend...I'm slaying things and wandering the world (okay-wandering Seattle, or sitting at home watching TV-but it's the Travel Channel so that has to count for something). I'm not a slacker, I am taking part in a new movement. Whew!


I don't know, but I all of sudden feel much better at this moment that I lack a mortgage and boyfriend.