Emerging Adulthood: Understanding the New Way of Coming of Age.

• See the world. It’s much easier to do when you’re 22 and footloose than 35 with two bawling babies in your backpack. • If you’re going to drink a lot, do it when you’re young. Get this experimentation out of your system. • Take risks with your job. Aim for the career you’ve dreamed of doing. Or just have fun for now. Later, when you’ve got the mortgage and 2.3 kids and a time share in Cocoa Beach, fun will be the last thing on your mind. • Do volunteer work. You may be broke, but you can give your sweat and earnestness to a cause in which you believe. • Use this decade to go to extremes. Climb the tallest mountain you can find. Learn to sail. Road trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. [By age 30] people will really be expecting you to act like a grown up. So, you will need some experiences to teach you how to get there.