Posted by:
testiphony
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Date: April 25, 2011 08:48PM
I'm approaching 30 and I've noticed that there's been rapid mental changes in those in my age group in the past 5 years or so, including myself. Old friends who were JackMo's as teens and didn't serve missions seem to be flocking to TBM activity, even a few Utah nonMo's who are converting to Mo'ism. Of course I also know a few who were TBM's and have since defected in this same late-20's timeframe.
I've heard of something called quarter-life crisis that occurs in a person's late-20's. It involves some extent of personal upheaval due to things like settling into a career or marriage and perhaps things turning out to be dissimilar to expectations. Various psychological responses come with this.
I realize there could be more to this than age, but would you say people tend to change permanently in this time period, or is it more like a temporary diversion perhaps similar to a mid-life crisis? Is this an age in which people tend to finally "give in" to their parents' view of things and "grow up" after they've been shell-shocked by early adulthood, or in other cases finally discard the teachings of parents?
I'm primarily interested in personal experience. Hope everyone has a good week.