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All photos from the Peace Corps website AIDS-Free Generation Photo Contest Winners Q. I’m in my late twenties and I’ve been accepted to the Peace Corps. I have a steady job but for the past few years I’ve been fighting with myself. Should I save up and then quit my job to teach english […] Read more…
Q. Is it better to be a specialist or a generalist in your career? A. There is no right answer. For example in my communications group right now, I have some folks who are pretty specialized. I have a guy who really understands digital media far more than I will ever understand. I desperately […] Read more…
Herewith, three “gifts” one 40-something woman would give a 20-something if she were a “Forty-Godmother”. What are yours? Today’s three gifts are from a group of 40-something women to a group of younger women on what they have learned about managing personal and professional wellbeing. The discussion was rich and covered much ground…but one […] Read more…
On creating friendships that last from 20 to 40 and everything in-between: ~ I still have my friends from my twenties. The women that are my friends now, they went to my college graduation. It was in LA and that wasn’t easy. No one had money. But with me graduation after 8 years of undergrad, […] Read more…
Today I have a reader contribution on “What She Knows Now” . Enjoy! Dear 20-something, Your 20s are super fun. You graduated from college, you have a paycheck, you live in a fun city with lots of bars and restaurants, you are with all of your friends, and you love to to be adored. Paris, […] Read more…
Herewith, three “gifts” one 40-something woman would give a 20-something if she were a “Forty-Godmother”. What are yours? 1. An internal GPS system — a gut positioning system to help you learn to trust your gut instinct. And it would also help you change directions. There is more than one route to get where you […] Read more…
“Do the things that you think you can’t do. It’s easy to say , “Oh it doesn’t pay enough money or I can’t do that” but you should.” – 40-something, married, mom, finance, Stamford, CT ~ “Don’t look at the job you have now as the last thing you are going […] Read more…
The question we are answering today is really at the crux of this blog. To give perspective from women who have lived through the tension of the twenties…all the possibilities …and all the unknowns. The point is not to tell you what to do but to give you the benefit of our myriad of experiences […] Read more…