IRB #2 Introduction: "The Defining Decade"

        In this next installment of these quickly progressing marking periods, I plan to read a book by clinical psychologist Meg Jay, The Defining Decade: Why your twenties matter--and how to make the most of them now. In case that subtitle does not explain the book thoroughly enough, The Defining Decade's premise is the argument that most of a person's personality and future life is decided while they are between 20 and 30 years old. After establishing this premise, it speaks primarily about how to seize that decade in productive ways.
        So why, out of all of the possible nonfiction books in the world did I pick this one? I mean, being a sixteen-year-old, I'm not quite worried about my twenties just yet. To put my reasoning shortly and sweetly, I love my mom. Yep, she's been reading this book recently (as her paper-towel bookmark sticking out of its middle attests) and, respecting her choices in reading, I decided to pick it up myself. And hey, after Jay used a Pink Floyd lyric to introduce her first chapter, I'm obliged to say there have not been any regrets so far.