Posts Tagged ‘quarterlife crisis’

Why You Should Embrace Your Vulnerabilities

  Today a 40-something woman in the graphic design field shares what she knows now about life and fear — that life is more interesting in it’s vulnerabilities. ~ I wouldn’t be so afraid to be myself. I feel like what’s interesting about me is what’s different about me. Not because I’m trying to be […] Read more…

Change What You Can Change

  Unfortunately, for me, it took me until like mid-thirties to learn that taking risks was empowering. I also became better because of having taken those risks. I became better in different ways, whether it was doing something uncomfortable or seeing somebody I’ve wanted to meet a for a long time, or getting in a […] Read more…

Three Gifts for a 20-Something (131)

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 are one woman’s gifts: 1.  Start financial planning in their twenties. You need that whether you’re married or single or whatever. It makes you a strong woman, a […] Read more…

20-Something Q: Career Fatigue vs. Career Prospects

      I’m an attorney and have recently started my second job out of law school. I’m good at what I do — prosecuting domestic violence cases — but four months into my new job, I have realized that I dislike it, have some serious “compassion fatigue” and keep hoping that there is something […] Read more…

Three Gifts for a 20-Something (107)

Herewith, three “gifts” one 40-something would give a 20-something as their “Forty-Godmother”. What are yours? 1.  Just know that the pain of a breakup is finite. Breakups are a hangover. They can be awful but they do go away. You think you will never drink again…but you do. And you love again. 2.  Do you. […] Read more…

Three Gifts for a 20-Something (101)

Herewith, three “gifts” one 40-something would give a 20-something as their “Forty-Godmother”. What are yours? 1. To be okay with not knowing.   You don’t have to decide what you are going to do for life in your 20s. You don’t’ have to. If you know you do want to be a doctor and you have […] Read more…

How Confidence Catches Up With You

A great story from a woman who went from a structured upbringing to an unstructured career and along the way found her confidence. ~ It’s a weird transition in your twenties. You enter the workforce. You’re so used to your life being dictated. You’re in school for this long. You’re in college for that long. […] Read more…

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