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The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now

Name: The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
ISBN: 0446561754

Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter. Some say they are a second adolescence. Others call them an emerging adulthood. Dr. Meg Jay, a clinical psychologist, argues that twentysomethings have been caught in

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“Our 20s are the defining decade of adulthood. 80% of life's most defining moments take place by about age 35. 2/3 of lifetime wage growth happens during the first ten years of a career. More than half of Americans are married or are dating or living with their future partner by age 30. Personality c…”

— Meg Jay, amazon.com

“Traveling in a third-world country is the closest thing there is to being married and raising kids. You have glorious hikes and perfect days on the beach. You go on adventures you would never try, or enjoy, alone. But you also can't get away from each other. Everything is unfamiliar. Money is tight…”

— Meg Jay, amazon.com

“How do you get the happy ending? John Irving ought to know. One of my favorite authors, Irving writes these multigenerational epics of fiction that somehow work out in the end. How does he do it? He says, 'I always begin with the last sentence ; then I work my way backwards, through the plot, to whe…”

— Meg Jay, amazon.com

“Twentysomethings who don't feel anxious and incompetent at work are usually overconfident or underemployed.”

— Meg Jay, amazon.com