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The result is a provocative read that provides the tools necessary to make the most of your twenties, and shows us how work, relationships, personality, social networks, identity, and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthoodif we use the time wisely. Then consider joining the 19,000 other people getting the monday medley newsletter. Meg jay is a clinical psychologist, author and speaker specializing in twentysomethings. In fact, your twenties are the most defining decade of adulthood. They were interested in autobiographically consequential experiences, or the circumstances and people. Our thirtyisthenewtwenty culture tells us that the twentysomething years dont matter. The defining decade weaves the latest science of the twentysomething years with behindcloseddoors stories from twentysomethings themselves. The defining decade npr coverage of the defining decade. A step by step guide to data analysis using ibm spss. Dec 05, 2015 the defining decade is a book by clinical psychologist meg jay who has spent her career studying adult development and spent multiple years doing therapy for twentysomething clients helping them sort out their lives. Her related ted talk why 30 is not the new 20 has been viewed more than 10 million times. She gives 3 pieces of advice for how twentysomethings can reclaim adulthood in the defining decade of.
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