The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now

by Meg Jay

there are no right answers—there are only the decisions you make. Being confused about choices is nothing more than hoping that maybe there is a way to get through life without taking charge.

twentysomethings who make choices are happier than those who tread water,

I don’t know how to get an A in my twenties.

these same frontal lobes are, in turn, making our decisions in the office on Monday morning and at the party on Saturday night. Back and forth it goes, as work and love and the brain knit together in the twenties to make us into the adults we want to be

The twenties are, indeed, the time to get busy.

Getting through moments that are surprisingly hurtful or scary or sad was something that this client, who so fortunately did live, could not see for herself at that moment.

You are deciding your life right now.