Creating Adulthood: How We Make the Lives We Really Want in an Era of Chaos

For generations of young adults struggling to find stability in a chaotic world, comes an honest and ultimately hopeful collection of essays exploring everything that can go wrong in the transition to “real” adulthood in this particular era—that dares to ask how it could be better, and how it could be great.
 

Many in the Millennial and Gen Z generations will never experience the same career successes, economic stability, or community support that accompanied their predecessors. They spend more time apart and alone than any age groups before them, and a lot of the hallmarks of adulthood they were raised to expect—stable employment with opportunities for long-term growth; affordable housing if not home ownership; kids (if they want them); a social contract defined by trust instead of stealth recordings or cancel culture; a reliable, upward trajectory that isn't doomed to be upended by AI; an otherwise “typical” life path—seem out of reach. Instead, many folks simply try to make it through—while chasing dopamine hits to feel better—as they come of age in a world that is unpredictable and all-new.