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

Our"thirty-is-the-new-twenty"culturetellsusthetwentysomethingyearsdon'tmatter.Somesaytheyareasecondadolescence.Otherscallthemanemergingadulthood.Dr.MegJay,aclinicalpsychologist,arguesthattwentysomethingshavebeencaughtinaswirlofhypeandmisinformation,muchofwhichhastrivializedwhatisactuallythemostdefiningdecadeofadulthood.Drawingfromadecadeofworkwithhundredsoftwentysomethingclientsandstudents,THEDEFININGDECADEweavesthelatestscienceofthetwentysomethingyearswithbehind-closed-doorsstoriesfromtwentysomethingsthemselves.Theresultisaprovocativereadthatprovidesthetoolsnecessarytomakethemostofyourtwenties,andshowsushowwork,relationships,personality,socialnetworks,identity,andeventhebraincanchangemoreduringthisdecadethanatanyothertimeinadulthood-ifweusethetimewisely.THEDEFININGDECADEisasmart,compassionateandconstructivebookabouttheyearswecannotaffordtomiss.