Quarterlife crisis

What is a quarter life crisis? The new York times describes it as "The Odyssey Years", and the internet has various definitions as to wha it encompasses. Ive always known what I wanted. Go to university and get a good batchelors degree, so I did that, went to Nottingham and did French and history, lived in Paris for a year. Finished all of that came back home to do a masters, a qualification relevant to the family business. Now what?

I've got a job that ticks many of the boxes. I'm self employed and the pays great. I've not got any social environment. I'm what might be described as a people person,and need certain human interactions. I know I'm not gonna get my Uni experience back per se. Aspects of my job lack intellectual stimulation. I never imagined myself not knowing what i wanted to do. If I go and seek outside employment I'll be working for someone else for peanuts. I thoroughly enjoyed my undergraduate degree, so I want to continue studies along the same lines. Part of me feels like it would be like I was going into hiding by going back to Uni, I cant hide there forever but I had a passion for it. I've pretty much got no friends, and if I do, it doesn't feel like it. Most people Im close to know what they want do to. My cousins work in a variety of public sector jobs, e.g. Doctors and teachers. They have their calling. What if I never find it? Does it exist? Part of me is glad that I'm thinking about this stuff now rather then when I'm significantly older and with even more commitments. Ever heard the song sunscreen by baz luhrman? Don't feel guilty about not knowing what you want to do at the age of 22. Arghhh. I keep going round in circles. How about travelling? Yuck. That'll just make me run away from the problem.

I'll get there I know I will but its simply not gonna be easy. I keep thinking to a time when I was happy, what did i have in my life that made me get up every morning and smile and make it easy for me to spend all my time doing certain things.

1. Intellectual stimulation, a challenging university academic environment. I remember thinking a certain part of my studies was my calling. Can I transfer this to the professional world? Should I continue with the studies? Is 24 too old to be at university for a second masters?
2. Lots of everyday friends even if I wasn't that close to them. I tend to make friends wherever I go. I got thrown in the deep end at university.
3. Women. I'm struggling to talk to some women the way I used to. There's always this pressing problem in the back of my mind, its distracting in conversation and they have a sense for it. This guy doesn't know who he is or where he's going so what exactly about him am I supposed to like? Being carefree and having a sense of direction was an attractive feature, now I'm just at a loss sometimes. Im far too introspective. It knocks your confidence considerably.
4. Living at home isn't helping either. I'm smothered by my mother and she doesn't know shes doing it. She doesn't know the meaning of tough love. I enjoy cooking for myself and others. I lived in flats with lots of people over the last few years and always cooked a lot for them. Cooking for one and eating alone just doesn't always cut it.
5. Exercise. OK I've definitely got that and it helps. Don't really know many people in the gym but I've got a couple of people I go with. I'm not exactly well endowed with a lot of friends. A couple intimately close friends and a group of cousins generally enough.

Is this really a crisis or just a readjustment? Has the media over glorified this so called 'phenomenon'? Did this always happen to people? Are there just too many choices? Why does it make me feel depressed? Ok maybe not depressed but at the very least not as happy as I used to be.