Forward Thinking

What is your reaction to the fact that your brain is still wiring up in your twenties? Does that information feel more like an explanation, an excuse, or an opportunity?

Is there anything about your life now that you would like not to be doing in five years? If so, why are you doing it now?

Social Experiment

Measure your screen time for a week. On average, how many hours do you spend? What might you do with that time instead? Do you imagine these activities would make you happier or healthier than screen time?

How has screen time and social media affected your relationships with family, friends, and lovers? What are the lessons to be learned here?

Calm Yourself

Reflect on a time when life was uncertain for you. What did you expect to happen? What actually ended up happening? What did you do that was helpful or not during that time? Are there lessons there for life in your twenties?

How do you calm yourself when you feel anxious or upset? Do you consider your ways of coping healthy or problematic?

Outside In

The author states whether we are talking about love or work, the confidence that overrides insecurity comes from experience. What experiences have you had at work or in love that have built confidence?

It takes about ten thousand hours to be truly good at something. What this means is that there is a lot you can still master or make a part of who you are, by thirty and beyond. If you had ten thousand hours to develop a habit, or to gain an area of expertise, what would it be?

Getting along and Getting Ahead

Describe one thing you would like to change about your current self by the age of 30.Say something about how you plan to do it and what might (but won’t) get in the way

Social investment theory suggests that growth and maturity come from the experiences we have rather than just through time. What are your thoughts on this and what experiences, if any, are helping grow in your twenties?

Every Body

The author takes a knowledge is power approach to talking to men and women about fertility. What are your thoughts on thinking about and learning about your own fertility in your twenties?

Do you think you would like to have children? If so, how many, in what way (e.g. pregnancy, adoption, surrogacy) and at what ages? What might this mean about the relationships you have in your twenties?

Do the Math

Leonard Bernstein said: To achieve great things, two things are needed. A plan, and not quite enough time. In fact, when we plan things out we often realize we have less time than we think. Using whatever format that works for you, make a rough plan for your life over the next ten years. Include what you might like to accomplish in terms of work, love, travel, money, friends, family, health, habits, you name it.

Now, reflect on the process. What did you discover by putting your hopes and dreams on a timeline? Was sketching out your plan scary or exciting or organizing or all of the above and more? What does this plan mean for your twenties?

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