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| List of Exercises | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Twenty Something is Twenty Everything | |
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| Your Twenty-Something Journey | |
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| "Confusion and Anxiousness" | |
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| "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" | |
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| "The Blessed Miserable Generation" | |
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| "Where's My Corner Office?" | |
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| "Bubble of Invincibility" | |
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| "Cruise Control" | |
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| "Complacency" | |
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| Expectation Hangovers | |
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| "Compare, Regret, and Panic!" | |
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| "Detour" | |
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| "Recovering from a Hangover" | |
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| "Getting More Than I Gave" | |
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| Who Am I?: The Self-Awareness Continuum | |
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| Basic Self-Awareness | |
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| "Stranger in the Mirror" | |
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| "My Love/Hate Relationship with Me" | |
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| Investigative Self-Awareness | |
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| "My Grown-Up Life" | |
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| "Headiness" | |
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| "At Trust's Doorstep" | |
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| Integrated Self-Awareness | |
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| "My Job Is Not My Identity" | |
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| "Seeing My Mom and Dad for Who They Are" | |
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| "My Spiritual Growth" | |
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| Navigating the Twenties Triangle | |
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| What Do I Want? | |
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| "Confessions of a Straight-A Slacker" | |
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| "Sweet Uncertainty" | |
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| "Job Jumper" | |
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| "Musings on Not Being a Pediatrician" | |
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| "Choosing My Own Adventure" | |
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| "They Don't Teach Self-Discovery in College" | |
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| How Do I Get What I Want? | |
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| "Listening to Myself" | |
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| "The Self-Sufficiency Standard" | |
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| "Stuck in Quicksand" | |
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| The Twenty-Something Puzzle | |
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| Friends and Family: Your Network | |
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| "Ruined by a Roommate" | |
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| "Superfriend" | |
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| "Friend Me" | |
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| "Thousand-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle" | |
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| "Sometimes It Just Doesn't Make Any Sense" | |
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| Love | |
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| "Falling in Love with Me" | |
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| "Let's Not Just Be Friends" | |
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| "Dive In" | |
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| "Always the Bridesmaid" | |
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| "Cautious Courage" | |
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| "Putting Me Back Together" | |
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| "Whatever Happens, I'll Be Okay" | |
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| "He Said: We Don't Have to Fight or Flight" | |
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| "She Said: I Was Taking Love for Granted" | |
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| "My Happy Ending" | |
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| Work and Career | |
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| "I Hated My Job" | |
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| "Paying My Dues" | |
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| "Solid Ground" | |
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| "I Love What I Do, but I Can't Pay My Bills" | |
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| Surviving and Thriving | |
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| Tough Stuff | |
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| "I Don't Get It!" | |
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| "My Soap-Opera Life as a Second Wife" | |
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| "My Lesson, in the Form of a Hurricane" | |
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| "Honoring a Vow to Myself" | |
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| "Deportation to Restoration" | |
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| Body, Mind, and Money | |
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| "My Body Image Crisis" | |
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| "Numbing the Pain" | |
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| "From Euphoria to the Psych Ward" | |
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| "Charge It" | |
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| Shift Happens | |
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| "Divorce - Take Two" | |
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| "This Too Shall Pass" | |
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| "Everything Happens for a Reason" | |
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| "I've Done More Than Survive - I've Started to Thrive" | |
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| "Dance Naked" | |
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| Afterword: Share Your Twenty-Something Story | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| List of Contributors | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |