Woe Are We Educated, Employed ‘Quarterlifers’ Looking for More

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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/Business/quarterlife030902.html

The job market is so bad that unemployment went down — because people were so discouraged they stopped looking for work. But the jobless aren't the only ones complaining.

Meet the employed, educated "quarterlifers" in crisis. They're 20- and 30-somethings who might appear to have it made in this cruel economy, but are still asking themselves, à la the late Miss Peggy Lee: "Is That All There Is?"

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Anne Robinson, 32, of Charlotte, N.C., seems to be one of America's golden children. Ivy League-educated with multiple degrees, she has a job in corporate communications.

Yet after years of pursuing education with blazing idealism, she's found that the reality of post-college life did not meet her expectations.

"What a rude awakening on your first day in the cubicle," she said. "I'd like to work at a job that sends me home at night proud of what I did for the day."

And less time in the car and more hours devoted to yoga and dog-walking would be nice, too.