Your 20s are not a stepping stone to real life…enjoy them. Everything in your 20s are firsts. Your first place on your own. First job. First taste of financial independence, freedom and things like that. But at the same time still there’s […] Read more…
August 2013 archive
20-Something Transitions: How To Deal with Relationships At Different Speeds
Dear 40-somethings, I feel silly writing in about a boy problem, but here it is. I’m graduating college and have a well-paying job nearby. My boyfriend of several years is still finishing community college and then has at least two years to go in university, after […] Read more…
Three Gifts for a 20-Something (125)
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. To understand the difference between saying what you think and being “nice”. Not saying something because you are afraid of hurting someone’s […] Read more…
How to Celebrate a Birthday
Today we have a post on the true ingredients needed for a meaningful celebration from Stephanie Florence, 40:20 Vision’s contributing / Millennial editor. ~ I recently celebrated the 30th birthday of a good friend and if I learned anything it’s how to celebrate one. More importantly, it got me thinking about the […] Read more…
Feeling Lost? Find Your Own Patterns
I am in my late 20s and I am completely lost. From my college course to where I’ve ended up today, I seem to have always made the wrong decisions career-wise. After obtaining a degree in a course that I hated, I went on to work in the healthcare industry. After nearly 3 years […] Read more…
Three Gifts for a 20-Something (124)
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. Learn to fall. My dad always used to say, it’s one thing to learn how to ride a horse but you’ve got […] Read more…
Live Your Profile
When do you know…when a guy is not for you? Some women say they know at first glance. Other women have what I call the three date rule. I have found that a personality could turn average joe on date one into big sexy fun by date three. But how does online dating […] Read more…
20-Something Crossroad: Higher Degree or Industry Experience?
I’m 22 and at the cross-road. I can either start a PhD in physics on a topic I really enjoy (probably at my school) or I can find a job in the industry. I feel like taking the PhD-way because I love research and that’d let me time for side projects, but I wonder […] Read more…