
The result is a provocative read that provides the tools necessary to take the most of your twenties, and shows us how work, relationships, personality, identity and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood-if we use the time well. As a late-twenty-something, I still reach for this book, even though I originally read this book about 4-5 years ago.

In The Defining Decade, Meg Jay argues that twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation, much of which has trivialized the most transformative time of our lives.ĭrawing from more than two decades of work with thousands of clients and students, Jay weaves the latest science of the twentysomething years with behind-closed-doors stories from twentysomethings themselves. Drawing from more than two decades of work with thousands of clients and students, Jay weaves the latest science of the twentysomething years with behind. Some say they are an extended adolescence. In The Defining Decade, Meg Jay argues that twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misunderstanding, much of which has trivialized the most transformative time of our lives. Being a Married Parent Before You’re 30 is a Good Thing Start Your Career in Your 20s No matter what everybody says, your thirties are not the new twenties. Rate this book The Great Depression was well under way in West Virginia before the stock market crash of November 1929, and lasted until the coming of war in 1941. Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter.

Revised and reissued for a new generation, let it change how you think about you and yours. The Defining Decade has changed the way millions of twentysomethings think about their twenties-and themselves.
