About 80 percent of life’s most significant events take place by age 35. |b 32046303072784 |c SYSANFI |d 155.65 JAY |l OBR |n 6874340 |o 1 |s l |w |x 23 |y PBK The Defining Decade In a study of life-span development, researchers found important events that determined the years ahead were most heavily concentrated during the twenties. |a Describes why the twenties can be the most defining decade of adulthood and offers tips on making the most of work and relationships during this still-formative time in a person's life. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Forbes, Psychology Today, and NPR. The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties MatterAnd How to Make the Most of Them Now Meg Jay 4. |a Preface: the defining decade - Introduction: real time - Work - Identity capital - Weak ties - The unthought known - My life should look better on facebook - The customized self - Love - An upmarket conversation - Picking your family - The cohabitation effect - On dating down - Being in like - The brain and the body - Forward thinking - Calm yourself - Outside in - Getting along and getting ahead - Every body - Do the math - Epilogue: will things work out for me?. Jay’s book, The Defining Decade, was a 2012 Staff Pick and her 2013 TED talk Why 30 Is Not the New 20 has been viewed more than 2 million times. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-236). Revised and reissued for a new generation, let it change how you think about you and yours. |a The defining decade : |b why your twenties matter and how to make the most of them now / |c Meg Jay. 9781538754238 Genre Nonfiction / Psychology / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging Description The Defining Decade has changed the way millions of twentysomethings think about their twentiesand themselves.

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