Michelle

“The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.”
― Meg Jay, The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now

“Once she could envision what she wanted her thirtysomething life to look like, what to do with the twentysomething years became more urgent and more defined.”
― Meg Jay, The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now

“According to evolutionary theory, the brain is designed to pay special attention to what catches us off-guard, so we can be better prepared to meet the world next time. It even has a built-in novelty detector, a part that sends chemical signals to stimulate memory when new and different things happen.”
― Meg Jay, The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now

“The hood made me realize that crime succeeds because crime does the one thing the government doesn’t do: crime cares. Crime is grassroots. Crime looks for the young kids who need support and a lifting hand.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood