“Get Real Barbie” Gets It

Kudos to this 20-something girl who in an effort to combat the pressure women feel to be thin make a life size model of what Barbie would look like if she were a real person. WOW. If this doesn’t go to show the unrealistic pressures women face as we form our scripts for what we […] Read more…

Three Gifts for a Twenty-Something (17)

Every time I interview a 40-something woman for 40:20 Vision I ask them what 3 “gifts” would they give a 20-something if they were a “Forty-Godmother”. Here’s one woman’s gifts:   1. The ability to look at a situation and see it from the other person’s perspective.   2. Immunity to worrying much about things, […] Read more…

Your 20s are Not a Stepping Stone to Real Life

There is a lot of talk today about delayed adulthood or extended adolescence. In some ways it diminishes the time for what it is. There will always be uncertainty in life…accept it and revel in the uncertainty. Don’t wait for certainty.  This women has a great perspective on appreciating your 20-something lifestage.   Your 20s […] Read more…

Should You Get Plastic Surgery in Your 20s?

Q. Did you ever want plastic surgery when you were in your 20s and now you are happy that you didn’t do it? A. I never wanted plastic surgery when I was in my 20’s, I want it now!  Ha ha! – 40-something, wife, mom, designer That answer was in jest…but it probably sums up […] Read more…

Can Too Much Optimism Be Bad?

90% optimist. 10% pessimist = positive realism. I thought Hoda Kotb’s quote from an interview about her memoir was great perspective on a question I get from a lot of 20-somethings: When is too much time in a relationship bad? On spending 12 years on and off with her boyfriend and now ex-husband and how […] Read more…

Who’s Got Your Back?

This weekend I spent a good eight hours at the Apple store with a severely damaged disk drive… so one bit of advice today is… always back-up your computer! Maybe I’m the only one who doesn’t (or at least not more than once a month). But as I saw people come and go as I […] Read more…

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