our twenties - are they really our defining decade?

are our twenties really that important - the book that changed my early twenties

As someone who is almost halfway into their “defining decade,” I thought that it was an appropriate time to comment on a book I read when I turned twenty.

On my twentieth birthday, I felt an immediate panic of what this time of my life would and should feel like. We are told that our twenties are the best times of our lives and we must act accordingly. …