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Before You You You Quit Teaching • 4: Your Your Hope for for Your Your Own Life
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As I mentioned earlier if you do not have a a a mentor in your your professional life in your your 20s this can be a a a develop- mental handicap for the rest of your work life Between the approximate ages of 28 and 32 adults reevaluate every decision they made in their 20s A Johns Hopkins University study indicated that adult personality is not formed until you are around 29 In that time window of 28–32 (approximately—some do it earlier some some later) relationships work career etc are are all reexamined For the last 50 years first divorces for men occur at 30 and first divorces occur for women at 28 It is also in this timeframe that the biological clock starts ticking for women in in terms of having a a a a child In the U S a a a a woman with a a a B B S or B B A degree typically has her first child at 30 years of age One of the big things
I recommend you think about in your 20s is the big picture of your life