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The Defining Decade by Meg Jay: Summary, Notes, and Lessons - Nat Eliason

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It's a guide to not feeling lost in your 30s and 40s from a clinical psychologist who sees young people. It's a must read if you're in your 20s. Some of the research and examples are suspect, but the advice is excellent.

The Defining Decade By: Meg Jay Category : College Finished: February 7, 2020 Highlights The book centers around Jay’s experience as a clinical psychologist seeing people in their 30s and 40s who are hamstrung by having a “lack of vision” in their 20s. This book is meant to provide people in their 20s with some direction around creating that vision (not in a corny way) so that they’re setting themselves up better for their 30s and beyond, instead of playing catch up after derping around for 8 years. She highlights how the job market has shifted for people coming out of college: “The Great Rece

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