Category Archives: TwentySomething
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Q is for Quarterlife
Posted by Zandria in TwentySomethingWhen I first started GenPink my first goal for myself was to find some fellow twenty something, non-mommy, female bloggers. The first person I found that fit this description was Zandria. I found her blog via BlogHer. I was immediately intrigued by her 101 Things in 1001 Days List (I still plan on doing this). [...]
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B is for Balance
Posted by Elysa Rice in TwentySomethingbal·ance –noun 1. a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc. 2. the power or ability to decide an outcome by throwing one’s strength, influence, support, or the like, to one side or the other. First I will start with saying I’ve had fun picking each letter for my ABCs project, [...]
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Twenty Something Advice: Don’t settle for anything less than the love of your life
Posted by Olivia McDaniel in Life, Relationships, TwentySomethingOn this day for celebrating love, this piece of advice written by my lovely friend (and college roommate) Olivia is perfect: * * * * if you’re anything like me, you’ve had your fair share of unhealthy relationships. the thing is, that’s okay, as long as you pay attention to what it is you are [...]
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Twenty Something Advice: I Wish I Had Known
Posted by Elysa Rice in Life, TwentySomethingFor today’s twenty something advice series I figured I’d point you in the direction of the experts. I am doing this for 2 reasons: #1 though it’s always great to give fellow twenty somethings advice sometimes it’s nice to hear from someone who has already experienced this stage in life and #2 my to do [...]
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Twenty Something Advice: Don’t Let Love Swallow Your Independence, Spend Time Learning What You Are Like When You Are Single
Posted by Guest in Advice, Dating, Life, Relationships, TwentySomethingThursday marks the continuation of the guest post series on Twenty Something Advice. Today’s guest post is written by Blonde Features, a 23 year old just trying to figure out life. She says she is "trying not to lose my tan, the beach, and my blonde hair in Washington." Love in your 20′s can be [...]
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Today’s Voices as told by Penelope Trunk
Posted by Elysa Rice in TwentySomethingYesterday I was honored to be mentioned in a article written by the one and only Penelope Trunk. *insert pause here for you to go read the article … yes you I’m still waiting, go read it and come back!* For those of you who don’t know who Penelope is, here is a snippet of [...]
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Twenty Something Advice: Make your goals measurable
Posted by Elysa Rice in Featured, Gen-Y, TwentySomethingA goal without a plan is just a wish. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery Most twenty somethings I know would consider their twenties to be a stepping stone in their life on the path to bigger and better things. Gen Yers in particular are known for being big dreamers. For me, having a goal and having [...]
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Twenty Something Advice: Circle of Friends
Posted by Lara David in Friends, TwentySomethingThursdays are Twenty Something Advice at GenPink. Today’s guest post is written by Lara. Lara blogs at Life: The Ongoing Education. Like many others of my generation, I spent a great deal of my twenties (thus far) in committed relationships. One in particular. This meant I spent the vast majority of my time with one [...]
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Twenty Something Advice: Power of Music
Posted by Courtney Olson in Music, TwentySomethingToday is Thursday which means the continuation of our Twenty Something Advice series. My goal with this advice series is to cover many different topics. After doing my regular blog hopping I wound up at Courtney’s blog with the tagline “Happenings and musical thoughts direct from the river of dreams.” Her passion about music quickly [...]
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Twenty Something Advice: Educate Yourself on Politics
Posted by Kaity Mahoney in Advice, TwentySomethingThursday is twenty something advice day here on GenPink. Today’s guest post is written by my friend Kaity who works in Advertising in Boston. So … the 2008 Presidential Election is coming up and I am what you would call politically inept. To be honest, I just don’t have time – scratch that – I [...]
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Come out! Come out! Wherever you are!
Posted by Elysa Rice in TwentySomethingI did some stumbling through my incoming links and found out that today is "The Great Mofo Delurk" day. Say hello! Share who you are! Put an end to your m*th*rf*ck*ng lurking and leave a comment! Meaning – time for all of you non-commenting readers to share something with us. If you want to read [...]
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Twenty Something Struggle: Why Can’t I Be Happy?
Posted by Guest in Advice, TwentySomethingLast Thursday was the start of a new series about life as a twenty something. If you haven’t read last weeks Twenty Something Advice: Don’t plan your life based on what other people expect I’d recommend it. The initial idea was to have a series of advice about life in your twenties from fellow twenty [...]
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Getting Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck
Posted by Elysa Rice in Finances, TwentySomethingPhoto Credit: elle_rigby This article needs no introduction, if you are living paycheck to paycheck or poo-check to poo-check (as in poor) this is a must read – Getting "Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck". I know that GenPink readers are all independantly wealthy but you probably have some friends who could use some advice ;-) Author: [...]
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Twenty Something Advice: Don’t plan your life based on what other people expect
Posted by Guest in Advice, TwentySomethingI decided to start a new series called Twenty Something Advice. To start off this series I sent this message to my real life friends – you know the people I have meet face to face. [rambling introduction to my blog since my friends don't really read it ...] My ultimate goal for such blog [...]
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Juggling Act
Posted by Elysa Rice in Featured, TwentySomething, WomenPhoto Credit: lynnmwillis I have been doing a lot of thinking and discussing our generation’s desire for a work/life balance. I am on a constant search for the right balance of business and personal life. In this moment I have decided maybe it isn’t balance we should be working to achieve. I think we need [...]
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Twenty Something Bloggers
Posted by Elysa Rice in TwentySomethingI wanted to point out the little Twenty Something blogger badge in my sidebar and tell you a little bit about it. A few weeks ago Lisa had the brilliant idea to create a network of Twenty Something Bloggers. As of right now we have 23 bloggers in our 20something blog ring. We were looking [...]
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Hey look they are talking about us again
Posted by Elysa Rice in TwentySomething"They wear flip-flops to work, reveal personal information online, and see no reason why their work schedules can’t be flexible. Ladies and gents, please welcome Generation Y now tap dancing around their boomer managers in the workplace." This quote is from The Boston Globe. Something ironic that I find is directly next to this quote [...]
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When does Gen X end and Gen Y begin?
Posted by Elysa Rice in TwentySomethingWhen does Gen X end and Gen Y begin? There was a comment on a blog I was reading yesterday (sorry forgot which blog) asking what is the dividing time between Gen X and Gen Y. I thought this was a great questions. I always thought I was Gen X until recently then I started [...]
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Blogdentity Crisis
Posted by Elysa Rice in Featured, Life, TwentySomething, WomenWhen I first started GenPink I had very clear plans in mind.
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