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The Defining Decade Book Report

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The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now is a book that introduces individuals to new ideas, observations, and questions that can affect their lively hood from the age of twenty and up. Author Meg Jay pushes the reader to look around every aspect of their life and honestly evaluate if the reader is making smart decisions to prepare them for success in the future. By using analogies, questions, and examples Meg Jay offers readers an opportunity to be in a non judgmental, relaxed environment for reflection. The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now matters to readers of all ages due to the fact that reflection and evaluation is something that we should all do so that we can always improve our self. Meg Jay’s The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now is comprised of self evaluations to remind the reader of how many mis-steps can be taken at the tender of one’s twenties. Meg Jay is a renowned author with three books written so far in her life. Dr. Meg Jay graduated with a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and in Gender Studies. Currently Dr. Meg Jay works as an associate professor at the University of Virginia and maintains a private practice in Charlottesville, Virginia. The main idea of Meg Jay’s novel is that society …show more content…

I would recommend this book at every chance I get due to the fact of it smart-witted, well thought out organization and planning. The best audience for The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now is anyone who is in high-school, college, or is in the age range of seventeen to twenty-nine years

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