{"id":718,"date":"2011-12-13T10:45:57","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T15:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/blog\/?p=718"},"modified":"2011-12-13T10:45:57","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T15:45:57","slug":"crossroads-in-the-20s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/crossroads-in-the-20s\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossroads in the 20\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/images\/Blogimages\/crossroads 1.png\" alt=\"Crossroads\" width=\"314\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Feeling overwhelmed with life as a college student? \u00a0Or maybe you are a recent graduate, still adjusting to life on your own. \u00a0Chances are you have been or are currently at a crossroad in your life. Which path do I choose? \u00a0This may include: major choice, career, relationships, finances, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-somethings commonly struggle with expectations and ideas of life after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is: you don\u2019t need to know what your entire life will look like five, ten, or twenty years from now. \u00a0You will grow immensely as an individual in your twenties, since it is a time for reflection and personal growth. \u00a0You may change career paths four or five times to see what fits, and that is normal. It is all part of the learning process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re supposed to have moments of uncertainty about which path to take, because the twenties are full of crossroads.\u201d- Lisa Kudrow\u2019s Commencement Speech at Vassar College in May 2010, a humorous take on life in the twenties.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lisa Kudrow Commencement Address 2010\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uLkUoeMNeeY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recommended Reading- Kenneth Jedding\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Higher Education: On Life, Landing a Job, and Everything Else They Didn\u2019t Teach You in College<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>This book addresses topics such as:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marketing yourself after graduation in a tough economy, no matter your major.<\/li>\n<li>Identifying transferable skills for any job.<\/li>\n<li>Networking and developing contacts.<\/li>\n<li>Finding work connections in your field of choice.<\/li>\n<li>Early years on your own, as an adult.<\/li>\n<li>Relationships, and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Best wishes to a New Year 2012! Cheers!<\/p>\n<p><em>~Shayna<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeling overwhelmed with life as a college student? \u00a0Or maybe you are a recent graduate, still adjusting to life on your own. \u00a0Chances are you have been or are currently at a crossroad in your life. Which path do I choose? \u00a0This may include: major choice, career, relationships, finances, etc. Twenty-somethings commonly struggle with expectations &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/crossroads-in-the-20s\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Crossroads in the 20\u2019s&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127021,129271,1],"tags":[116804,131420,132056,53474,603,6870,137263,528,141,138525],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-exploration","category-helpful-resources","category-uncategorized","tag-advice","tag-career","tag-career-path","tag-experience","tag-how-to","tag-inspiration","tag-quotes","tag-tips","tag-video","tag-work-life-balance","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"career","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/author\/career\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}