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THE DEFINING DECADE is a smart, compassionate and constructive book about the years we cannot afford to miss. 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 adulthood- if we use the time wisely. Drawing from a decade of work with hundreds of twentysomething clients and students, THE DEFINING DECADE weaves the latest science of the twentysomething years with behind-closed-doors stories from twentysomethings themselves. Meg Jay, a clinical psychologist, argues that twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation, much of which has trivialized what is actually the most defining decade of adulthood. The Defining Decade is eye-opening, important, and a pleasure to read.Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter. It will not tell you what you should do with your life, but it will inspire, motivate, and educate you to figure it out - Rachel Simmons * * author of The Good Girl * * The Defining Decade is the book twentysomethings have been waiting for. You'll learn how to search productively, how to avoid being indulgent, and how to turn good opportunities into great ones - Po Bronson * * author of What Should I Do With My Life? * * I strongly recommend The Defining Decade for anyone in their 20s trying to figure out their life's direction. Meg Jay takes the specific complaints of twentysomething life and puts them to diagnostic use * * New Yorker * *Īny recent college graduate mired in a quarter-life crisis or merely dazed by the freedom of post-collegiate existence should consider it required reading * * Slate * *