Launch: A Guide to Adulting

by Amy Montanez, Rhea Merck

As the word "adulting" became more popular, the skills needed to get there became more and more elusive. Having worked with hundreds of emerging adults in their therapy practices, Drs. Rhea Merck and Amy Montanez began to see the need to offer practical life skills for this generation of humans. Were you well-trained in elite soccer, competitive piano, test-taking skills, and how to write an entrance essay? Wonderful. Are the skills necessary to live independently and successfully woefully missing? As the authors of an already popular life-skills blog, messymarvelous.com, these two well-respected mental-health professionals have now written a book to inspire readers to reflect on areas of adult life most necessary for success and happiness. Some of the topics and questions explored comfortable are you asking for help?Do you have the necessary grit to hang in there when adult life doesn't go as you planned? How well do you meet people and participate in community? These are just three of the eleven basic skills covered in this book. At the end of each skill are questions and resources designed to encourage self-reflection, journaling, and conversation. The book has been carefully designed so that any reader can use it alone as a resource for self-improvement, or use it in a group to foster discussion. Launching into the adult world is difficult. The phrase "failure to launch" is a real thing. This book will help you hone the skills you need to thrive and to feel competent in the real world. Get to know yourself better and you'll be well on your way to successful adulting.

96 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 2, 2020

Reviews

[Melissa Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a great gift for my oldest child and my nieces--ages 19-29. I am happy that it is a part of a series by the same authors as I stare down the path to empty nester in 2022! I read the book prior to sticking it into my eldest's stocking this past Christmas and loved the organization and focus on looking inward and practicing gratitude. I also appreciate that the authors, who are psychologists, emphasize that asking for help is not being dependent, it is actually the opposite. I appreciate the coaching framework of this guide and also felt like a cheer team was inside the pages wanting to help my young people be their best.

[Kathleen Abrams · Rating 5 out of 5]

So good! Not any super groundbreaking things I learned, but I did learn more about launching into the adult world. I would recommend getting this book to have so that you can reference it and do some of the checklist items to grow in each of the skills of adulting…now that I’ve read the book, it’s time to work on growing the skills, which the book provides ways to do that (amazing!!)