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Your Roaring 20s

5 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

College was not the best four years of your life, but it sure does feel like it when you are confronted with the task of building a vibrant personal life post-graduation. Making new friends, responsibly spending money, and productively using free time are unexpectedly difficult challenges to navigate. Your Roaring 20s explores these topics and more so you can skip the trial-and-error phase of young professional life and get on the fast track to a personal life that excites you, supports your work goals, and reveals your purpose.

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5. Am I doing post-grad correctly? And insecurities all young professionals encounter their first year on the job

April 23, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MB

The theme of post-grad life is: am I doing this right? Everyone feels uncertain during this time, but no one talks about it. Today's episode covers how young professionals can move past common insecurities.   Nice teachers would answer "am I doing this right" during a test (0:00).  Common insecurities young professionals encounter include being the youngest in the workplace, will people think I'm dumb, and have I done enough (4:19).   The deeper insecurity is how will other people perceiv...

4. Go from "I hate reading so much they sent me to summer school" to leveraging it as a social tool in 40 minutes

April 14, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB

On the last episode of Season 1: Things that are ruining your social life, we are discussing how our reluctance to read makes us totally boring. After a while, people don't want to socialize with boring people.   I went to summer school because I refused to read (0:00).   Read to have better conversations (6:33).   Read for low-cost experimentation emotionally, professionally, and monetarily (11:34).   Read to discover what frustrates you (18:53).  The Point: Reading reveals to us our v...

3. I'm bored of this conversation

April 13, 2021 07:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB

Boring conversations are everywhere. And sometimes it just doesn't feel like we have enough time to have interesting chats.  But what if we decided that a meaningful conversation doesn't have to be long? Today, we explore this question and discuss action items we can implement to get to more interesting conversations faster.   My mom felt undervalued after running into a former babysitter (0:00).   3 (of many ways) you can define a meaningful conversation:   Lots of laughs (4:18).   Affi...

2. Sleep more to win friends

April 12, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MB

Great sleep evades most young professionals. I thought I could tough out bad sleep until I realized it was ruining my social life. Poor sleep makes us sick and irritable and prevents us from waking up early in the morning -- the (surprising) prime time for building meaningful relationships.   It's hard to be happy for people who say they get great sleep (0:00).   Poor sleep makes you sick which means you can't make friends or build community. Forget covid anxiety, get a good night's rest, ...

1. Your dog is ruining your social life

April 10, 2021 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB

Welcome to Season 1 of Your Roaring 20s! The next four episodes will address a pressing topic: things that are ruining your social life. In this episode, Annie triggers every young professional with a discussion of how dogs wreck your finances, make your home dirty and uninviting, and prevent you from meeting new people.   I am to dogs like psychopaths are to violent images -- unimpressed (0:00).   Dogs are expensive. They should be free. Given that they cost money, invest that money in a ...