Quarterlife Crisis The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties

Name: Quarterlife Crisis The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties
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ISBN: 9781585421060

ISBN-10: 1585421065

ISBN-13: 9781585421060

Edition: 2001

Authors: Alexandra Robbins, Abby Wilner

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List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/21/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.19" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Alexandra Robbins is on the staff of The New Yorker and has written for numerous magazines and newspapers. A Yale graduate, she lives in the Washington, D.C. area.



Introduction: What Is the Quarterlife Crisis?


Why Worry About a Quarterlife Crisis?


How Do You Recognize a Quarterlife Crisis?


What Do You Do About the Quarterlife Crisis?



How Am I Supposed to Figure Out Who I Really Am?


"So, What Do You Do?"


What Now?


Compromising Positions


Finding a Passion


Keeping the Faith


Trial and Error


Changing Their Minds


Job-Hopping


Constant Evolution



What If I'm Scared to Stop Being a Kid?


End of the Innocence


Are We There Yet?


The Parent Trap


Inescapable Influence


The Times They Are A-Changin'



What If I Fail?


Ready, Set, Fail


Going After the Dream


Abort Mission


Plan B


Advice from the Pros



What Do All of These Doubts Mean?


Doubts and Questions


Working Problems


Social Adjustments


Overwhelming Factors


Anchors Aweigh


Dashed Expectations


Paradise Lost


Trying Out Therapy


Brushing It Off



How Do I Know If the Decisions I'm Making Are the Right Ones?


Moving Right Along


How Do I Know If I'm Sure About Somebody?


Gut Instinct


Gray Matter


Going with It



How Do I Work Out the Right Balance Among My Career, Friends, Family, and Romance?


Stuff Happens


Work Won't Make You Coffee in the Morning


When Love Comes to Town


Stress Fractures


The Balancing Act



Can I Carry Any Part of My College Experience into the Real World?


Six Degrees of Separation


Batting for the Majors


Look at All the Lonely People


Lifestyle Changes


Continuing Education


What You Can Take with You


Conclusion


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