October 10th, 2010
As pay checks and job opportunities fizzled in the recent economic meltdown, professionals were faced with an unwelcome question: if I won’t get paid enough, do I actually LIKE my job and my life?? But it turns out mid-life crises could lead to career changes and … HAPPINESS. Details mag delves into this career change = happiness phenomenon … and then provides an absolutely priceless guide on job changers “How to spot a remade man from a mile away“.
How many of these “remade men” have you encountered in the past few years? T-S.com can think of quite a few….
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October 7th, 2010
Remember budding relationship used to stay in stealth mode a little longer…remember when you had to wait for a friend to ask you if you were in a relationship before you admitted it out loud? And then came Facebook’s relationship status updates and the game changed.
Some tips from this article on relationship tips on Facebook:
1) Wait 2-3 months before changing your relationship status
2) Defriend someone after you break up
Read on for more…
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August 20th, 2010
Apparently our generation is facing unique challenges in our twenties that some worry are meaning that we postpone adulthood. As people who are living through it, well, yeah, it kinda feels that way. A New York Times article “What Is It About 20-Somethings” looks into the milestones that usually define adulthood (graduating, moving out, marrying, having a kid) and talks about why they’re happening later and later.
This of course begs the question of….why are the tables being switched on us in our 20s? Weren’t we *supposed* to wait to get married after we had a stable job? Weren’t we *supposed* to look for a career and not just a job and spend the time to figure that out? Weren’t we *supposed* to wait until we were financially stable to have kids? Aren’t we all *supposed* to be special and look for that special place in life and not flock like lemmings to adulthood? Isn’t that what our parents generation opened up as an option for us?
It’s just weird to see it all spun around and talked about as if it’s a problem for our generation. Yes, we may as a whole be waiting longer to embark upon these adult milestones, but will we be *happier* for doing so? Will we be better parents? Will we be more financially stable than the baby boomers who risk draining the financial system as they enter retirement without sufficient savings?
How are we 20-somethings supposed to be responsible in the eyes of the older generation when the game keeps on changing?
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July 27th, 2010
Chances are you’ve dated someone from your group of friends. It all sounded like a wonderful idea, until you broke up and have to figure out what to do. Do you split nights out with your friends? Do you suck it up until the awkwardness fades away? TheFrisky.com to the rescue, with their ‘8 Tips for Getting Along With Your Ex When You Share Friends‘.
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June 16th, 2010
It’s probably no surprise for those of us living through our twenties that most of us didn’t feel like “adults”, get married, take on our life-long career, and start planning kids as soon as we got that college diploma.
The New York Times pulls together some research and interviews some twenty-somethings to profile “The Long Road to Adulthood“ in this interesting piece. Provides some calming stats that you’re not alone if you’re still figuring things out.
Tags: Gen X, Gen Y
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May 14th, 2010
The NYT has a great article with tools women should use to ask for a raise. Super useful, and not just for women. Worth a read.
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May 11th, 2010
You think you know how to pack a suitcase? So did we. Even if you’re a traveling consultant, the NYT can teach you a thing or two with this slideshow on how to pack 10 days worth of clothing into a carry-on. Hey, never tell us we didn’t share something useful that you can take with you the rest of your life.
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April 21st, 2010
We at t-s.com thought this one was too fun to pass up. An article about how your poker style predicts your finances!
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March 28th, 2010
It happens all the time – you get along great with your beloved, but as soon as the vacation discussions begin you begin bickering. You want “rugged”, they want “comfortable”. You want “relaxing on a beach”, they want “cultural frenzy”. TheFrisky has found a way to help – check out “Dating Don’ts: How To Travel As A Couple Without Killing Each Other“. It could help save your relationship for that vacation week.
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February 24th, 2010
We at twenty-somethings.com hate being pigeon-holed just because we’re a part of a certain generation…but this article struck us as right on. It seems like there’s a unifying theme to our generation: use of technology. Do you fit the following criteria?
Sleep with your cell phone by the bed (charging or not)
Have a profile on a social networking site
Use your phone for texting (apparently this is still not common practice!)
Use your cell phone as your only line (no landline)
Get your news from the internet
Yeah, it caught us too. Check out msnbc.com for the full story.
Tags: Generation Y, Tech
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As pay checks and job opportunities fizzled in the recent economic meltdown, professionals were faced with an unwelcome question: if I won’t get paid enough, do I actually LIKE my job and my life?? But it turns out mid-life crises could lead to career changes and … HAPPINESS. Details mag delves into this career change = happiness phenomenon … and then provides an absolutely priceless guide on job changers “How to spot a remade man from a mile away“. 
