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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
A helpful book to ground you during your twenties. I walked away with some helpful tools to better understand what I want out of life.
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The author coined the term "Quarterlifers" as individuals between the ages of (roughly) sixteen to thirty-six. She believes young people this age are going through a life crisis, which I don't doubt having worked on a college and seen the exponential need for mental health services among the students. I just don't believe the problem is as simple as the author makes it. She believes in dichotomies, and grouped the patients into either a Stability type or Meaning type. This dichotomy of personality is basically the plot of Larry McMurtry's novel Lonesome Dove. The book is not about the cattle drive, its about the relationship between McCall, the Stability type, and Gus, the Meaning type. I am probably a Meaning type as well since I spend a lot of time reading. I can't help though comparing the author's theories to the Baby Boomer generation I grew up in. We were much more independent than the current Quarterlifers, but we also had a greater sense of community with our peers and didn't look to our parents for direction. If we wanted to be free spirits and do our own thing, that was ok. Its the boomerang though of all that freedom that ended up stressing out today's young generation. We are worried about the future and the environment, and that means we are transferring that anxiety to our young people.
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Great examples of people in their 20s! I related heavily to the mira character and her stability type and have used it as a way to explore my own self as I journey through my 20s. Great book!
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Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness
Was really comforting to hear stories of other individuals in this phase of life. Also a helpful insight to think of individuals learning to reconcile a side within them seeking meaning in life and a side seeking stability, though I’m not sure exactly where I fall on that spectrum. Also got some good book recommendations both fiction and philosophy on this topic
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