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Your “life strategy” is something you should be working on during your twenties, if not before. This means taking control of your life. It means setting, and diligently pursuing, personal long-term goals for adulthood. To put it one way, people often wonder what they will be or do when they “grow up.” Well, now you’re a grown-up, and directly in charge of shaping your present and future. Your goals might be academic, artistic, material—or any mix of these and other strands. For certain, these goals are personal: They are yours. This book can’t tell you precisely what your goals should be.
But whatever your goals are, they should include, first, having the financial means to support yourself now and, second, preparing to support yourself in your later years. The intent of this book is to tell you how to set about achieving these two goals.
“Adultolescence” and Its Challenges
A phrase that has entered the lexicon of the English language in this new century is “adultolescence.” A hybrid of “adult” and “adolescence,” the term describes a phase of life of people in their twenties or even older who still are clinging to the ways of their teenage years. Perhaps they are college graduates who have moved back into their parents’ home, or are still receiving heavy financial support from their family. Perhaps they are drifting through life, trying to “find themselves” or just keeping their options open. In any case, they have not yet embraced the drive for self-sufficiency that is necessary to being a full-fledged adult.
This book is intended to help younger people who are focused on taking care of themselves—who have consciously adopted the attitude that they now are adults.
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