End Of 2016: Time For A Life Audit?

Stuck in a rut? It’s the end of 2016, so it’s time to open the books and review your life (beach can come later).

- Georgina Rickard

Sex, love and heady new careers, oh, how we love our twenties. But while the upside is independence, dance floor pashes and vodka and limes (and that’s just a Thursday night!), this stage of your life is also prime QuarterLife Crisis time, when you can find yourself questioning why your relationship is so crappy, why you suddenly own an awesome new pair of love handles, and why your job bombs more than a lentil lover. Luckily, you just need to ask: What would CLEO do? ’Cause like the good pal we are, we’ve got all the answers for you, below ...

You’re all OUTTA LOVE

Like jobs, good relationships involve a foreseeable future, mutual goals, and stacks of communications. The bad ones make plain black screensavers seem exciting in comparison. If your boyfriend is more Safety Blanket than MindBlowing Sex these days, it’s probably due to the fact that you’re growing up — and growing apart.

“And there’s nothing wrong with that,”says Katrina Blowers, author of Turning Out: My Quarter-Life Crisis (Murdoch Books, US$4.67, approx. RM20, on Amazon.com). There is, however, something wrong with being in a dead-end relationship, she says.

TAKE ACTION TODAY: Is he a keeper? If so, it’s time to face facts. “If you’re drifting apart, you’ll need to make some changes in your life if you want to keep him in it,” advises Katrina. If he’s not, now’s the time to get honest about your relationship patterns. Why are you continually dating losers when there are so many decent guys out there?

Your “cool” JOB SUCKS