文档介绍：Meg Jay 20岁,不可挥霍的光阴
临床心理学家Meg Jay表示:二十几岁对于一个人异常重要,在这段时期内人的性格和世界观趋于完整,而如果你在 30 岁之前,还没有树立自己完整而独立的世界观,你就注定会失败。
在这个点击过百万的TED演讲中,Meg Jay分享给20多岁青年人的人生建议:“第一,我常告诉二十多岁的男孩女孩,不要为你究竟是谁而烦恼,开始思考你可以是谁,并且去赚那些说明你是谁的资本。现在就是最好的尝试时机,不管是海外实习,还是创业,或者做公益。第二,年轻人经常聚在一起,感情好到可以穿一条裤子。可是社会中许多机会是从远关系开始的,不要把自己封锁在小圈子里,走出去你才会对自己的经历有更多的认识。第三,记住你可以选择自己的家庭。你的婚姻就是未来几十年的家庭,就算你要到三十岁结婚,现在选择和什么样的人交往也是至关重要的。简而言之,二十岁是不能轻易挥霍的美好时光。”
When I was in my 20s, I saw my very first psychotherapy client. I was a . student in clinical psychology at Berkeley. She was a 26-year-old woman named Alex.
记得见我第一位心理咨询顾客时,我才20多岁。当时我是Berkeley临床心理学在读博士生。我的第一位顾客是名叫Alex的女性,26岁。
Now Alex walked into her first session wearing jeans and a big slouchy top, and she dropped onto the couch in my office and kicked off her flats and told me she was there to talk about guy problems. Now when I heard this, I was so relieved. My classmate got an arsonist for her first client. (Laughter) And I got a twentysomething who wanted to talk about boys. This I thought I could handle.
第一次见面Alex穿着牛仔裤和宽松上衣走进来,她一下子栽进我办公室的沙发上,踢掉脚上的平底鞋,跟我说她想谈谈男生的问题。当时我听到这个之后松了一口气。因为我同学的第一个顾客是纵火犯,而我的顾客却是一个20出头想谈谈男生的女孩。我觉得我可以搞定。
But I didn't handle it. With the funny stories that Alex would bring to session, it was easy for me just to nod my head while we kicked the can down the road.
但是我没有搞定。Alex不断地讲有趣的事情,而我只能简单地点头认同她所说的,很自然地就陷入了附和的状态。
"Thirty's the new 20," Alex would say, a