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Mid-Life Crisis. Quarter-Life Crisis. Existential Crisis. ...Why Are We Here?

     When I think "Mid-Life Crisis," I think of a 45 year old man with a new, younger wife and a sports car...for some reason, in my head, he's a dentist...because that is what my culture has taught me a mid-life is. But that's not it.      When I think "Quarter-Life Crisis," I think of John Mayer's song...cuz we went through that shit together, man. Me and John. We was tight in our twenties.      Personally, I have existential crises. Which is the same thing as mid-life and quarter-life crises, but I have them, like, once every year or two, so they're not tied to age or stage.      I assume other people experience this too-- these moments of questioning whether our lives have purpose, meaning, and value-- since there's a term for it. Right?       Do you?       I wonder...How often do others question their life's purpose and their reason for being? Are you looking for meaning and purpose on the regular? Are there people out there who are stab