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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
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This book is an excellent reminder of what to consider in navigating one’s twenties. However, just a gentle reminder to watch out for the relevance of some of the circumstances mentioned here, given the contemporary society and this book’s age.
A good read overall for anyone who feels as though their twenties aren't what they're cracked up to be (at least for the moment). One quote that I took away from this book: "Scrambling after ideals, we become alienated from what is true about ourselves and the world." Meg Jay's enthusiasm for helping twentysomethings resonates throughout the book. Even if you don't relate to every circumstance and story she brings up, there is bound to be something that speaks to you. Highly recommend for all twentysomethings.
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Some good advice in here but I think it gave me a bit of an existential crisis and I don’t think that was its’ intention
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I am 24 and found this book on a whim at half priced books and I feel like it founds me at exactly the time I needed it most. Reading this book has inspired me to take more control of my life and be more intentional with my decisions. It’s made me be more realistic about where I am and where I want to go in my life and has inspired me to have more conversations with my partner about topics I hadn’t given enough serious thought to. This book is no-nonsense but is never cynical. I will be recommending this book to all the other twenty-somethings in my life.
** 4.5 stars
i really enjoyed this. i loved how the author wrote about her client’s experiences - i always find that easier to connect to than just basic research and statistics. while there were stats, i felt like the anecdotes were the majority of the book. there were many helpful tidbits about a lot of different areas of life - love, careers, families, money, retirement. it definitely made me reflect on my life so far and made me consider what to do as i move forward in life. would definitely recommend!
i really enjoyed this. i loved how the author wrote about her client’s experiences - i always find that easier to connect to than just basic research and statistics. while there were stats, i felt like the anecdotes were the majority of the book. there were many helpful tidbits about a lot of different areas of life - love, careers, families, money, retirement. it definitely made me reflect on my life so far and made me consider what to do as i move forward in life. would definitely recommend!
There’s a lot to say about this book, but to summarize, I’ll just say that it kind of felt like I was being lectured by my parents. Some of this book did resonate with me and I do think the author has some very good points to make. However, she also, in my opinion, is writing to a very specific type of person and does not leave much room for nuance. She also is basing her book off of her clientele, which most definitely is making her book biased towards a population of 20 somethings who 1. can afford therapy, and 2. are seeking out a white woman therapist with a PhD who I’m sure does not accept most forms of insurance. So if anyone reads this, I think it would be helpful to go into it keeping all of this in mind. The overall message does resonate with me though, that even though we’re young, what we do now does matter and will have consequences in our later years. It can be easy to think that we’ll never grow old or that we’ll “deal with it later”, but that is not the case, and maybe it’s good to have that reality check every once in a while.