This one hit home for me:Īnalysis paralysis or treading water - standing still doesn’t work. Jay has some great advice on how to do that. These are my takeaways from each section:ġ) Do work: If you want meaningful work and/or career success, you better start in your twenties. As a clinical psychologist specializing in twentysomethings, she peppers the book with real-life stories of clients like Helen having an identity crisis, Sam’s refusal to get a boring day job (or any job), and Jennifer and Carter splitting before the ink was dry on the marriage certificate. Jay splits the book into three sections: Work, Love, and The Brain and The Body.
Your prefrontal cortex, the part that gives you the real smarts, develops a lot during this time and is creating said patterns based on your experiences in jobs, relationships, and life. The throwaway decade myth: “With 80 percent of life’s most significant events taking place by age thirty-five, as thirtysomethings and beyond we largely either continue with, or correct for, the moves we made during our twentysomething years.” Basically, you develop patterns, gain experiences, and make moves in your twenties that follow you through the rest of your life. Buy this book for the twenty-something people, the college kids, and the high school grads in your life. Read this book if you are in your twenties.
The Defining Decade by Meg Jay, Phd had some better advice for me. Everybody kept telling me that my twenties did not really count so I should just do whatever I felt like. Why are you telling me this?: After college, I panicked because I had no idea what I wanted to do, and for the first time in my life, I did not have a clear path.
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