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101 Secrets For Your Twenties (2013)

by Paul Angone(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0802410847 (ISBN13: 9780802410849)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Moody Publishers

review 1: Way too focused on a heterosexual, religious, and business-oriented type of life. Needless to say, a person like me who doesn't fit any of these categories was often more irritated than comforted/stimulated by these advices. Still, if you're a person like that, this book might be good for you. Also helps if you are from the US, as some of the things he says are not like that in other cultures/places. I should know.
review 2: My understanding of being a twentysomething is that it's the exact right time in your life (though not by your choice) to be lost. When I graduated from College in 2012, and was thrust outward into the real world, I was expecting the future to look bright- blindingly bright, for that matter. Unfortunately, to my surprise, there wasn't anyth... moreing bright about it. My path up until this point had been straight, paved, and with nice benches every mile or so. Now, ahead, was a cracking, pot-hole riddled, overgrown dump of a street that eventually may have dropped off a cliff after a wrong turn. Preceding the road was a sign simply labeled: "Your Twenties". I'm still fairly early into this period of my life, but already I'm desperately seeking advice for how to cope with what I expected was an entirely different reality. It wasn't that I wasn't informed it would be a challenge, but being told and experiencing are naturally two different things. When I first saw Paul Angone's book, it was because my girlfriend had just received it by mail. While she was away, I took it upon myself to read it for her (I'm sure she didn't mind), and completely finished it. Paul captured a lot of what it means to be lost, alone, doubtful, etc. He paints a picture that a lot of people (me included) will recognize. A lot of what twentysomethings will find reassuring about this book is that every chapter (or most of them, if you're not married or with kids, but even then the wisdom is assuredly useful) will sound like a page from your life. I feel like most of the time, what people need most of all is the feeling that they're not going through something alone. Paul recognizes this too, and even makes it a "secret" itself. Several times (including in the end, with the secrets to applying the secrets) he prompts you to go and reach out to people that are your age, and may be experiencing something similar to you. With the way twentysomethings handle relationships and discussing their feelings, it's understandable why he would choose to make this such a focused point.Will this help you if you're a twentysomething? As someone who has felt like they've already been in a lot of these scenarios, it's good to know that you're going through a tough period, maybe even the toughest you've experienced so far in life. It's also encouraging to continue going down the road when you know it'll still be tough fives years ahead, and that's not (as far as I'm concerned) something that can be known by yourself. Sometimes it takes a friend, or a book, to remind you that life has its lessons that it will need to throw at you. When it does, you will know how to catch it, because in a way you already know how. less

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