Quarterlife Crisis
The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties
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- $89.00
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- $89.00
Descripción editorial
The first book to name and document the challenges of quarterlife, this national bestseller offers young adults guidance, comfort, and advice
Overwhelming choices. The search for meaningful work. Regrets about the past and confusion about relationships. Though the twenties are supposed to be among the best years of our lives, the truth is that this period presents new responsibilities and freedoms that leave young people feeling helpless, indecisive, and panicked.
Offering practical advice, a wealth of information, and startingly candid anecdotes, Quarterlife Crisis addresses the most difficult questions twentysomethings face. It includes the personal stories of more than one hundred young adults who describe their struggles to carve out personal identities; to cope with their fears of failure; to face making choices rather than avoiding them; and to balance all the demanding aspects of personal and professional life. From "What do all my doubts mean?" to "How do I know if the decisions I'm making are right?" this book provides inspiration and reassurance to today's twentysomethings.
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This addition to the crowded self-help genre claims to document a previously overlooked phase of life: the period between college graduation and one's 30th birthday, when young adults struggle to find their place in the world. While the assertion that this period can be wracked by "crisis" rings true, this attempt by recent college grads Robbins and Wilners to document it falters. Their overall effort, though uplifting, lacks the substantive advice that many people need as they enter adulthood. According to the authors, the difficulty arises when 20-somethings are ejected from the structured academic environment and forced to choose a career, find a home, carve out social niches and manage money (or the lack thereof). This period can indeed be rocky, especially when a young person is told that the world is her oyster and then can't find a satisfying job. In a somewhat self-conscious vernacular, Robbins and Wilner discuss, among other things, spirituality, job-hopping and living with parents. Most of the book's advice lies in lengthy quotes from other 20-somethings an anecdotal overabundance that makes for more of a pastiche than a guidebook. But while the book may not have all the answers for members of generation-Y, it at least provides proof that they're not alone in feeling pressured, depressed or disappointed.
