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The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now
Meg Jay
3.93 AVERAGE
2.74k reviews for:
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now
Meg Jay
3.93 AVERAGE
*DNF*
I have no idea why this book is so highly recommended, especially after reading reviews of it.
I barely made it a chapter and a half without having a full blown anxiety attack. I feel like any useful advice is already known and very streamlined in a way that makes it feel like this is the path everyone has to go down. It doesn’t take the “I don’t know” into account and makes it seem like you need to know everything in your 20s to be successful later on. I expected the opposite when reading this book.
Skip it, there’s better self help books out there.
I have no idea why this book is so highly recommended, especially after reading reviews of it.
I barely made it a chapter and a half without having a full blown anxiety attack. I feel like any useful advice is already known and very streamlined in a way that makes it feel like this is the path everyone has to go down. It doesn’t take the “I don’t know” into account and makes it seem like you need to know everything in your 20s to be successful later on. I expected the opposite when reading this book.
Skip it, there’s better self help books out there.
thought this would scare me shitless but it was actually empowering! but maybe that’s also cause im not worried about making babies. a totally useful read all the same
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As a “twentysomething”, out of 16 chapters I felt like at least something remotely relatable for me was in exactly 2. No actionable advice for me personally, very little food for thought and a whole lot of judging clients. I’m not sure a therapist’s role is to say “you should go study now” because it’s not her life to manage.
Overall, I wouldn’t say it was useful for me, or particularly interesting to read, therefore 1 star
Overall, I wouldn’t say it was useful for me, or particularly interesting to read, therefore 1 star
Some of her case studies are pretty unrelatable (like that girl who lost her virginity to a singer in a car backseat?? Hello???) and i feel like she runs a thin edge between giving really solid advice & implying that getting married/having kids/buying a house etc is the only blueprint to a happy and successful life…
That being said, this is a book I’ll come back to over and over again - I wonder if the chapters and the advice here will feel more relatable as I go on my 20s! My fav chapters: cohabitation effect, calm yourself (definitely felt like my life was over after a couple of mistakes at work lol), a social experiment, every body
That being said, this is a book I’ll come back to over and over again - I wonder if the chapters and the advice here will feel more relatable as I go on my 20s! My fav chapters: cohabitation effect, calm yourself (definitely felt like my life was over after a couple of mistakes at work lol), a social experiment, every body
informative
reflective
fast-paced