I learned over the course of the last 20 years that you should have a fluid sense of your future instead of a concrete idea of what it’s supposed to look like. Prepare for the evolution of your life and be open-minded because that really is what prohibits people from becoming happy. They aren’t prepared […] Read more…
Weddings almost always make me look forward or backward. But this summer I enjoyed two weddings entirely in the present. Looking back now, I see how people today are increasingly creating new rituals and putting their own twist on the old. I think it’s related to the fact that people waiting a little longer to […] Read more…
Today we have a guest post from Evelyn Lauer on her lessons from looking back at love. ~ I spent most of my 20s obsessing about love. When will I meet him? When will I find true love? Why isn’t he calling me? Why am I alone? Where is he? Who is he? Am I […] Read more…
Today we have a post from Stephanie Florence, 40:20 Vision’s contributing / Millennial editor, in response to Susan Patton’s opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, A Little Valentine’s Day Straight Talk. ~ Dear Ms. Patton, I could not disagree with you more. While my type A personality likes to plan most things in my […] Read more…
Another question I get asked a lot. I remember asking it myself in my 20s every time a friend got engaged. How frustrating it was when they just said…you just know. There is never one answer but different perspectives. One thing that tends to come to the top – after attraction of course — […] Read more…
Yesterday I read about an app that predicts the age you should get married. It counts up what percentage of your friends are married and their average age. The people sharing it on Facebook were mostly having fun with it and posting their “countdown” in jest. But it just goes to show how we are […] Read more…
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. I wil pass on something my father told me that I found to be true. Good enough is never good and never enough. […] Read more…
A few weeks ago we answered a 20-something question on finding a great partner or great love. Q: If I feel like I might be compromising for the possibility of a great partner, is it worth giving up the possibility of a great “love”? See the post […] Read more…