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BL
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| Record Number
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853776
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| Main Entry
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Robbins, Alexandra,1976-
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| Title & Author
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Quarterlife crisis : : the unique challenges of life in your twenties /\ Alexandra Robbins and Abby Wilner.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: J.P. Tarcher/Putnam,, ©2001.
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| Page. NO
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206 pages ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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1585421065
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: 9781585421060
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Why Worry About a Quarterlife Crisis? -- How Do You Recognize a Quarterlife Crisis? -- What Do You Do About the Quarterlife Crisis? -- How Am I Supposed to Figure Out Who I Really Am? -- "So, What Do You Do?" -- What Now? -- Compromising Positions -- Finding a Passion -- Keeping the Faith -- Trial and Error -- Changing Their Minds -- Job-Hopping -- Constant Evolution -- What If I'm Scared to Stop Being a Kid? -- End of the Innocence -- Are We There Yet? -- The Parent Trap -- Inescapable Influence -- The Times They Are A-Changin' -- What If I Fail? -- Ready, Set, Fail -- Going After the Dream -- Abort Mission -- Plan B -- Advice from the Pros -- What Do All of These Doubts Mean? -- Doubts and Questions -- Working Problems -- Social Adjustments -- Overwhelming Factors -- Anchors Aweigh -- Dashed Expectations -- Paradise Lost -- Trying Out Therapy -- Brushing It Off -- How Do I Know If the Decisions I'm Making Are the Right Ones? -- Moving Right Along -- How Do I Know If I'm Sure About Somebody? -- Gut Instinct -- Gray Matter -- Going with It -- How Do I Work Out the Right Balance Among My Career, Friends, Family, and Romance? -- Stuff Happens -- Work Won't Make You Coffee in the Morning -- When Love Comes to Town -- Stress Fractures -- The Balancing Act -- Can I Carry Any Part of My College Experience into the Real World? -- Six Degrees of Separation -- Batting for the Majors -- Look at All the Lonely People -- Lifestyle Changes -- Continuing Education -- What You Can Take with You.
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| Abstract
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A startling, insightful, and instructive exploration of the challenges twenty-somethings face as they transition from school to the real world.
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Adulthood-- Psychological aspects.
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Young adults-- Conduct of life.
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Young adults-- Psychology.
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Adultes-- Psychologie.
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Jeunes adultes-- Morale pratique.
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Jeunes adultes-- Psychologie.
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Adulthood-- Psychological aspects.
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Young adults-- Conduct of life.
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Young adults-- Psychology.
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| Dewey Classification
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158/.084/2
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| LC Classification
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BF724.5.R55 2001
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| Added Entry
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Wilner, Abby,1976-
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