Quarterlife Crisis: The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties

What an amazing observation. Being 20'something is a little more difficult than everyone realizes. I know it doesn't seem amazing, but once you've read this you will realize. I've been on medication for depression for the past 4 years (the begining of my 20something stage) and after reading this book I was compelled to see a therapist and try to figure out what was making me depressed and how to cope with it. Once I got a grasp on things and realized that it is OKAY to be confused about what you want to do, where you want to go with life and that NOT everything works out like you planned, I felt a million times better. I am in no way stating that this book can be used to replace much needed medication for serious conditions but it has helped me gain control over my thoughts and ideas on being 20something. I don't know how to get in touch with these writers but they deserve a big thanks from every 20something person. The ideas in this book aren't brain surgery nor did the writers venture out and do anything Noble Prize winning but what they did do is give hope to this generation. Hope that you aren't a failure just because you aren't where you'd thought you'd be or you are where you thought you'd be but you just hate it.I graduated and headed right into my career field of choice, I excelled and ended up where I wanted to be TOO many years ahead of time. I can't figure out why I'm miserable, why I don't seem happy, why I don't want to stay at any job longer than 6 months. After reading this book I realized that I was no longer challanged, my life-long goal was there and it wasn't all I had hoped. So, I still don't know what I'm going to do, nor do I have any idea how to get there, at least I know it is normal and others are going through the same thing. PLEASE read this, even if you are exactly where you want to be in life, it will help in the long run or you may find useful advice to give to a friend in their 20somethings!! Or it might even be useful for the next time someone from our older generation tells you how AWESOME and CAREFREE your 20something years are SUPPOSED to be. Give them this book, tell them to read it and then try to tell you that having a career, paying bills, starting out on your own, having and developing your personal and professional relationships all with no experience or assistance is AWESOME and CAREFREE.

Read this book years ago when I was in my mid twenties...it really helped me cope with some of the routine upsets that tend to hinder so many in what I always look back on as my "tornado twenties"....I have counseled a few younger friends who have dealt with similar growing pains...and I have always recommended this book. I recently purchased to send to a young friend who lives far away and this friend was very grateful for the book...they are reading it over their Thanksgiving Break and say that it has been such a huge help. Highly recommend for people of any age...twenty-something plus....I may go back and read it again.

A must read for people of all ages. Excellent information for educators!

This book is So-so. I wrote my thesis on Emerging adulthood, and I think this is an interesting book. You should read it if you really want to know more about college students transitioning into adulthood. But there are other books that do the same thing, and a little bit better. But it's in layman's terms, and very readable. It didn't rock the world, but It's a decent read.

Realevant and Eye opening to the 20-something World Around Me. I saw not only myself but my peers going through most of what I read in this book. Great read.

I bought this book because I was having a crisis and I'm 27. I read it cover to cover, but I was really disappointed, because at the moment, I am not a career woman. I had planned to be a career woman with a family, but (long story short) I am a soccer mom in training still searching for that perfect career. Only 1 or 2 people in this book were married and the whole thing just seemed to speak to single grads on the career track. I think this book could be great for someone answering to that description, just not me.

Requirement for college class at the time it was a great buy to red as I enjoyed it. I'm 33 now and time has flown by my eyes

Great book but too oriented to US graduated people. I would recommend reading it with an open mind about what it says

Un libro excelente para conocerte un poco más, y saber que pasa después de la universidad. No tenía ni idea que habla una crisis de ese tipo

The book was send to me very quickly and it is simply one of the best i have ever encountered in its field. A must for anyone looking for answers...