Q: I’m 21-years-old and entering my senior year of college. This past year, I met and fell in love with the most amazing man I have ever met. He is a marine and will soon be moving to a new base (Hawaii) and preparing to deploy to Afghanistan in the spring. He’s worried about trying […] Read more…
Posts Tagged ‘20-something’
To Know or Not To Know: The Benefits of Ignorance
“Believe us, you think you know more than you actually do.” – Producer, journalist Looking back many 40-something women realize they thought they knew more than they did. Some say the Millennial generation is particularly prone to this attitude but I think it’s just youth and being ready to change the world, or the […] Read more…
Three Gifts for a 20-Something (36)
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 let go of anger and bad feelings. It took me a long time to do that. It’s hard. It made a […] Read more…
The Reluctant Cougar
Today is week four in an almost 40-something (39) woman’s six-week journal of her “time out”. After quitting her job and spending time with her parents, she is continuing to capture what she is experiencing now and how it’s different from her 20s. Today she reflects on the sexual confidence that comes with age. The […] Read more…
Do You Regret Getting An MBA?
Q. What do women in their 40s say about going into debt for something like a masters degree? Is it worth it? Looking back, do they wish they had or hadn’t gotten their degree? – 20-something considering getting an MBA A. A few women I interviewed regretted not getting an MBA. Very few regretted […] Read more…
How to Use Your Friend’s Boyfriends To Your Advantage
Q: My best friend’s recently have all gotten into serious relationships. Their priorities have shifted and to make a long story short – the people I would hang out with 24/7 just aren’t around anymore. I know you have to understand when your friends find “the one” and know that things are just different now […] Read more…
Negotiating Your 20s: What a Negotiating Expert Knows Now
Today wraps up part three in a series of posts I did based on an interview with Carol Frohlinger, lawyer, negotiation expert, co-founder of Negotiating Women, Inc. and author of Her Place at the Table: A Woman’s Guide to Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership Success (Jossey-Bass/John Wiley, September 2004). She recently co-authored Nice Girls […] Read more…
Three Gifts for a 20-Something (35)
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. No fear of birthdays. The ability to enjoy birthdays without worrying about getting older or false expectations of what a number means. 2. […] Read more…