Comments on: 3 Lies You’re Telling Yourself About Your 20s

By: Powerful women, powerful wars | Mediatrixy

Powerful women, powerful wars | Mediatrixy — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:29:43 +0000

[...] After listening, I couldn’t help asking where are the women who want to debate these issues on a personal level, over a drink? I seem to be alone in articulating my worries about children and career down the pub, with most of my female friends simply saying, “well I don’t worry about that yet”, or “it will turn out alright in the end”, or “I don’t have a relationship that would support having children yet”. Research shows that 80% of life-changing decisions are taken before the age of 35 [...]

By: bsaunders

bsaunders — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:18:00 +0000

There’s a lot of territory between “goofing off” and spending one’s early 20s focused on retirement and a “legacy” (whatever that means)! It makes good sense to spend some time away from the influence of parents and school to discover what one’s real interests are. Even if years get wasted, it is easier to compensate for wasted years at age 23 than to reclaim oneself from an ill-chosen career, marriage, or entire way of life at age 53.

By: jrandom421

jrandom421 — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:00:00 +0000

Lie #5 I can start saving money when I get that really good paying job

By: Indiayaatra

Indiayaatra — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:07:00 +0000

nice post and Very impressive because We all are telling lie himself every day. Thanks. Cheap air ticket to India

By: Howard Drive

Howard Drive — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:08:00 +0000

nice blogging

By: Pete Berger

Pete Berger — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:56:04 +0000

Lie #4: You are something special (as told by your loving mother).

By: Alternative Badassery

Alternative Badassery — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:02:53 +0000

I have to partially disagree with #2. I’m 26, and had a full-blown quarterlife crisis late last year–and it eventually made my life way better. Some of us don’t “basically know what [we] want.” Really, we don’t. At least not on a conscious level, which I think is key. It’s OK to do some research, evaluation, exploration…and THEN act/try things out/stop philosophizing (this is the part I agree with). I had a skewed perception of myself, and a limited view of what “career” could mean. By taking some time to learn about my personality and about the idea of challenging traditional career-related expectations, I was able to see the new direction–a much better fit for me–I needed to go.

By: Alison Elissa Coaching

Alison Elissa Coaching — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:09:04 +0000

I really enjoyed Dr. Jay’s book. Another, slightly denser read on the twenty something decade is “Twentysomething: Why Do Young Adults Seem Stuck”, by Robyn Marantz Henig and Samantha Henig. It compares and contrasts different generation’s experiences with their twenties.

One of my favorite quotes from the book- “The fact of having to choose mates and careers and friends in the twenties, the fact that doing so is really hard, the fact that closing doors goes against our nature- all these truths have applied to young people for generations,” Robyn writes.

By: 3 Lies You’re Telling Yourself About Your 20s | Now That's Leadership 2.0 | Scoop.it

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:59:30 +0000

[...] If you look ahead to your 20s as a student or get your measure of this decade from pop culture, the 10 years in which you launch your adult life seem like a blast. [...]