The Twenty-Something Divide What is the most carefree time in a person’s life after childhood? Chances are most people will answer early adulthood. When people imagine early adulthood they imagine a time filled with fun and parties, a time relatively free of worries and problems. At this stage in life people feel like they have nothing but time and often choose to spend this time in ways that are neither productive nor self-enhancing. People in their 20s are more often than not, under no pressure from society to plan for their future and because of this people often look back on the time they spent in their 20s and realize they could’ve done more to better themselves or realize that if they had taken certain steps they would be in a better …show more content…
Because people often take major steps in their life like getting married, creating a family, and moving ahead in their career after their 20’s some people take their 20s for granted. These people procrastinate and do not plan to take these steps in their 20s so when they hit the 30 mark they often feel pressured to do all these things at once. Then they realize that things get harder as people grow older and that while they relaxed their peers are in positions for in front of them. For example a young adult planning to become a lawyer who takes the necessary steps to becoming one during young adulthood e.g. getting a law degree, having an internship etc. would most likely find his or herself in that career sooner in the future than another young adult who did not utilize that time because he or she felt like there was still an ample amount of time to start working towards their career choice. Having a plan for the future and beginning to implement that plan during young adulthood makes life easier when one becomes …show more content…
They refer to young adults as a cross between kids and adults. During this period of life the brain goes through its last stage of development where it “re-programs” itself for adulthood. Meg Jay, a psychotherapist and a speaker for TED Talks says that “[it is commonly known] that personality changes more during your 20s than at any other time in life” (“Why 30”). For this reason it is easier for people to change things they dislike about themselves or their unwanted attributes during this time in their life. This means that the 20s is the last chance a person gets to change major things about themselves. The attributes they choose to keep, get rid of, or add stays with them for the rest of their life and these attributes are factors that determine the type of partner and career a person
the most part. These years in a persons life have often been referred to as emerging adulthood.
Inconsistency and selfishness from the “Catch-30” stage turns into rationality and order in the early thirties. This is the “Rooting and Extending” stage where one is known to mature. People lay out their future with settled
1.1 Explain why working in partnership with others is important for children and young people
In middle adulthood there are many changes that occur physically, psychologically, and socially as explained in the above passages. Yet, some say that this is the best time of their life, they experience enhanced self-confidence, great sex lives, career success, and enhanced brain functions. Middle age adults are better equipped to make better life choices and decisions and not worry so much about the negative parts of life. Their problem solving skills are greater which allows them to reason more creatively. They are able to enjoy sex freely without the worries of getting pregnant and they feel more confident with their partners. In general they are happier about life and look forward to enjoying the rest of their lives.
Middle adulthood is a complex time period that requires a multidimensional outlook to understand all of the processes and changes that are taking place. The many changes during middle adulthood include physical, cognitive and social differences. Many of these changes create significant stress and it is important to understand ways of coping with the anxiety. Many of these coping mechanisms include mindfulness and cultivating a sense of self-efficacy and mastery (pg. 482). There are many changes during middle adulthood that may require stress management techniques and interventions.
Particularly women, begin to interpret these changes in a negative way. Some view themselves as sexually unattractive. Men, on the other hand, don’t seem to be as concerned about their physical appearance, since society has placed much of the physical importance on the women. This is a time where we need to accept these failings and move towards more important issues. This is also a time when men and women become more health conscious. We all know of the major diseases that cause premature deaths during middle adulthood, such as cancer and heart disease. When you’re a young adult, you don’t think about these health issues as you would during middle adulthood. There is more of a concern to take better care of our health, such as heathy diets, cardiovascular activity, resistance training, and not smoking. We might be better prepared for later adulthood, if we lead a healthy lifestyle. We start to realize our mortality. As most people live to be about 85, we realize that at 40, we’re almost half-way there.
Curtis Scott proudly paraded the Provan-Summons trophy and his NRL premiership ring around ANZ Stadium last Sunday night, just two years after playing and winning the SG Ball competition for the Cronulla Sharks.
In the Persuasive argument, “The Right Voting Age”, the National Youth Rights Association. National Youth Rights Association believe that 16 have the right to vote. ”According to National Youth Rights Association, “As students, youths are most directly impacted by education policy, they have the perspective to determine what changes are needed” (451)”. 16 years old are not really ready to vote like over 18 because they don’t know a lot about the life they have to be more source, so they will know how to act in the life and vote about things. I disagree with National Youth Rights Association view that, 16 years old can’t vote because their ideas are different from 18 and older so it will be in our cultures so many problems of 16 years old are voting. For example, if
Across the nation, people are talking about the Millennial generation and how different they are compared to others, but are they really that different? Millennials are lazy, entitled, and selfish, or as you may have heard may be essential to the modern workplace, either way, they are being talked about whether it is good or bad. To put it in other words, past generations are concerned for what the future will look like with this technology-dependent generation, but is that a bad thing if the technology is only going to advance from here on out? The older generation is being too harsh or are they just genuinely concerned about the future? Joel Stein (2013) has written an article about the Millennials, it is titled Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation he argues for them being a selfish generation but by saying that it is not a bad thing. The second article is by Liz Zarka (2017) Generation Me: The Millennial Generation’s obsession with being unique, she argues that they are the generation that needs to be concerned for. After reading both of these articles I agree with some of the points that both of these authors make, however, there are also some sections that I disagree with. My perception of the situation is that millennials may have all these negative characteristics but use them to an advantage that no other generation can has; along with the advancement of technology and the use of social media may have increased the narcissistic trait in them, but they use these traits to get what they want, however, being narcissistic isn’t always good there can certainly be some disadvantages.
Millennials, a group of people who were born in the year 1984 and after. There are millions of them and they are our future. According to Simon Sinek, millennials “are accused of being entitled and narcissistic, self interested, unfocused and lazy.” Even though Millennials lack in some aspects, he believes that parenting, technology, impatience and environment is to blame. As a millennial, I totally agree with Sinek’s point because I am affected by all the variables that he listed ever since birth. Millennials did not do anything wrong but, the way they were raised affected their attitudes.
Imagine a place, where no one has rights, or free will. You're life is in the hands of an unreliable government. Someone who you don't trust. But there is nothing you can do. They were elected by other people, after all. Good morning 6A. voting is very important and we can’t risk the leadership of our country. We can’t give our fates for the next several years to 13 year olds. The voting age should stay as it is because children may not take it seriously enough, most don’t know enough about politics, and in the end their votes won’t make much of a difference.
I don’t think they should raise the age to buy cigarettes to 21. The reason why are Every state has different rules, tabacoo is a business and people will still buy and smoke anyways. “Do you think there should be one legal age for all of these rights? If so, what should it be? If not, at what ages do you think young people should be able to buy cigarettes? Drink? Vote? Drive? Enlist in the military? And why?” (Schulten). I think everything should be 18 to keep it simple.
What is an age limit? Why even have an age limit? Those are some questions that I've asked myself. The reason I’ve asked myself those questions is because every individual is different. I know many people who are more responsible before their time that I would trust. There are also people that I know that are adults and are not mature or serious about anything. I even believe that my friends are more mature than many adults.
I personally think the voting age should remain the same. No change is needed. If we decided to lower it, teenagers wouldnt make the greatest of decisions or choices. It would cause alot of political conflict, Because teens just don't think alot before they make dicisions. They dont have very experienced outlooks on life let alone politics and law dicisions.
Each generation has their differences and similarities, including ideas that have been developed and evolved to fit into the world people live in today. When thinking about different generations and how many things have changed, a good question to ask is: which generation has impacted the world to make it a better place? The answer to this question could determine which generation has been the most generous in the world, and which generation feels as though they have fulfilled their life's purpose. Many believe that the Millennial generation is worthless, entitled, and lazy; however, the Millennials are very similar to previous generation's, and are perhaps an even more efficient generation.