Book
Your turn : how to be an adult
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
Physical Description
viii, 485 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Summary
In the twentieth century, psychologists came up with five markers of adulthood: finish your education, get a job, leave home, marry, and have children. Every generation since has been held to those same markers, but living in that sequence is no longer valid. Lythcott-Haims offers practical strategies for living a more authentic adulthood. Being an adult is not about any particular checklist; it is, instead, a process, one you can get progressively better at over time-- becoming more comfortable with uncertainty and gaining the knowhow to keep going.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
- Introduction
- Adulting (what exactly is it?)
- Tag, you're it (the terror and joy of fending for yourself)
- You're not perfect (you're here to learn and grow)
- Be good (unlock a major achievement)
- Stop pleasing others (they have no idea who you are)
- Get out of neutral (the tragedy of unused potions)
- Start talking to strangers (humans are key to your survival)
- Money matters (how to make it, keep it, and make it work for you)
- Take good care (of yourself)
- How to cope (when the shit hits the fan)
- Make things better (from your town to the world beyond, why you should try)
- Unleash your superpowers (mindfulness, kindness, and gratitude)
- Above all else, keep going.