How To Be A 20-Something

by Stephanie Georgopulos

"We go to happy hour every day after work — does this mean we’re alcoholics, or just frugal? We spend way too much time online — are we wasting our lives away, or being social the only way we know how? We also have one night stands, commitment issues, and kind of hate dating. Are we destined to be involved with the wrong people until the end of time, or just until the end of our 20s? Does anyone have a Xanax? “How To Be A 20-Something” is a collection of nineteen hilarious, sad, and often cathartic personal essays and stories written by and for Millennials.

Genres: Nonfiction

61 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 19, 2012

Reviews

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this on e-book and didn't realize that it was so short!

Other than that, it grew on me. I felt pretty let down at first, and some of the essays are pretty bad (Notes on Dating a Crazy Girl and I Am Extremely Talented and Important), and others just didn't seem to have a point (The 3 Times I Took Ambien and Funny Drug Story).

But An E-Mail to Our Parents was laugh out loud funny, and others were quite beautiful (Don't Wake Up Alone on a Saturday Morning, and You'll Never Get Your Shit Together), and were perhaps exactly what I needed to hear.

So, while some of the writing isn't fantastic and some of the essays don't make a lot of sense, by the end, I was left with a really sort of very human impression in a beautiful, tragic way. So because it is so short and each essay is only a couple pages long, and because there are good ones in there, I would probably recommend it.

[John Boettcher · Rating 4 out of 5]

I laughed my ass of reading this book.

Why?

Because virtually everytime someone laughs at something it has a modicum of truth to it. Well, I laughed a whole hell of alot during this book because it was so Spot On!

The short quips are about 2-3 pages long and are as funny as they are depressing as they are poignant.

I just turned 30 and I it felt like someone crawled inside my brain and wrote this book.

It is truly funny and truly true.

Buy it and read it, best couple dollars you have spent in a while.

[Tiffany Peón · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this reminded me of why Thought Catalog became one of my daily go-to sites the second I discovered it These essays are quintessential TC, a combination of my personal favorites as well as a lot that I can't believed I'd missed. The order of the essays is perfect - you don't feel too much of one emotion for too long.

I'd love to see more of these collections from them in the future.

[Felicia Muniz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am 20-Something

With the exception of the last three chapters this book is very accurate to how I feel when reflecting on my own personal demons of aging and maturing. I wish I read this eight years ago.

[Nicolette Froelicher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it and very right on about being in your 20's especially early 20's. Took me back and I am so going to miss being in my 20's which ends in 6 months.

[Diana Browne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book. It accurately described everything I'm feeling as a 20-something. I would definitely recommend it to my friends.

[Manar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Even though some essays didn't make any sense, the rest were very relatable. I loved it!

[Brittany]

Everyone in their early 20s should read this.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

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