You're twenty-five but feel forty-five. You should be having the time of your life. But all you do is stress about your future-free job, low salary, alleged friends and non-existent partner. If your life was a movie it would go straight to video. And nobody would rent it. Researching this book Damian Barr spoke to hundreds of men and women in their twenties from all over the UK - everybody had a different story, but there were common themes. Almost everyone felt they should be doing better, earning more, living faster and looking better than they do now. Work, Housing, Money and Relationships are what we all worry, dream and talk about. The quarterlife crisis can affect any, or all, of these areas. Get It Together is structured in four parts and each part looks in depth at one such area. Is it worth doing a postgrad or working abroad? Should you buy or rent? What are the true start-up costs of your first job, and how do you negotiate pay? Is the person you first started going out with as a fresher still right for you? Are you still right for them? Is the answer non-monogamy? The big question is: is the pressure to get it together making you fall apart?If so, you're in good company. If not, go away. Nobody wants to hear about how fabulous your life is.
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'Raises some extremely valid questions that probe the issues underlying the malaise affecting this generation of Thatcher's children.' -- Herald
This is a great guide to the realities of buying,renting. . .It's also a bible of sagely advice. -- the Big Issue
This is a great guide to the realities of buying,renting. . .It's also a bible of sagely advice. -- the Big Issue
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Damian Barr is twenty-seven. He has written for the Evening Standard, the Independent and the Guardian. He had been made redundant and evicted three times, struggled to find the right look and accrued dotcom style debts. He is currently the youngest columnist on The Times.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Generally i really liked this book, Damien Barr is very witty and uses some interesting people to tell their stories. He also provides the reader with some useful websites and telephone numbers at the end of each section for reference, it makes good sense that someone who has recently survived his own quarterlife crisis is writing this book. My only gripe is that the book refers a lot to people who have been to university, got a pretty well paid job and been travelling etc.. What about those of us who haven't done or achieved these things Damien! There is a small handful of references to the less fortunate but not really enough in my opinion. I still enjoyed this book despite my little winge and it made me chuckle a lot and he has hit the nail on the head about us all thinking everyone else is always doing better than us in their lives. P.s. i didn't realise a quarterlife crisis even existed until i saw this book! It's good to see someone speaking up about how tough us twentysomethings have it these days.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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At 27 and being on the verge of a nervous breakdown, I knew there was something wrong with me, but I never thought it had a name (or that there is a distinct possibility I suffer from mild depression). Damian's book was not exaclty pleasant or entertaining for me, but necessary. In a time when I was in a complete disorder, I realised how not alone I am in this and that I might actually be much better off than most people. I got it together and for that I am grateful.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I am 25. And I thought I was the only person having a hard time making sense of my twenties. Then I saw this book (on Richard & Judy). Thought it sounded a bit cheesy but I gave it a go. Really glad I did. Basically, this book tells it like it is about work, money, property (like anybody can afford to buy!) and relationships. It doesn't have all the answers but it has more than any other book I've found. Recommended reading for any twentysomething having a tough time.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By GS
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Nothing new here, I would recommend actually looking at the areas of ones life that need improvement and getting a tailor made book focusing on that area rather than this catch all mash up of pop-pscycology and student interviews wrapped together with a rubber band...
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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While there is some useful advice here, Barr gives far too much space to graduates who really aren't doing badly at all (even if they think they should be doing better). I'm sure that anybody having a serious crisis about their job, house, or relationships isn't going to come away from this book feeling much better; it is rather a parade of the kind of successful people who made you feel inadequate in the first place. Also, the book doesn't really explore the more profound malaise of directionless futility that so many people feel in their twenties. If you want a more incisive study of what is really making so many people unhappy in Western society, whether you're in your twenties or your sixties, I strongly recommend Oliver James's *Britain on the Couch*. He gets it spot on.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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At last - a self help book that makes sense! I didn't even think I was having a crisis till I realised almost every chapter in this book applied to me! Damian Barr has provided a practical, reasurring and entertaining guide that I think every 20 something should read - in fact, I'm off to buy all my friends a copy now!
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Louise
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Well done Damian! An entertaining, easy to read, book that deals with all the issues of our 'supposed to have it all' generation!And not only talks you through them, but gives you pointers as to what to do to get yourself OUT of your crisis, or at least how to run away from it.......!
As Damian is actually FROM a northern council estate, I'd ignore moaning Lisa from Lancashire's comments - this book is for everyone who's sitting somewhere today wishing they were somewhere else, and £30k a year doesn't stop you doing that!
As Damian is actually FROM a northern council estate, I'd ignore moaning Lisa from Lancashire's comments - this book is for everyone who's sitting somewhere today wishing they were somewhere else, and £30k a year doesn't stop you doing that!
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This book is not only a great read with Barr's inimitable wit but also provides practical info for anyone in this demographic. Ignore the whining of Lisa from Lancashire! As a 28 yr old with a family and struggling financially I not only got a humorous kick out of reading this book but it gave me some invaluable advice and resources. Damien is truly the poet Laureate of our generation. Now stop wasting your time reading about the book and do yourself a favour and pick up a copy. You'll be glad you did!
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This book changed my life.........
or at least, my opinion of my life! Here I was thinking I was the only one going mad at 26, not knowing whether I wanted to buy a backpack or a bungalow, but now I realise I'm... Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2004 by Tom
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Fun, Smart, and SO TRUE!
I was so ambitious as I finished college, but reality was rough. As I slog through temp jobs and careers stops and starts, I totally "get" this book. Read more
Published on 1 July 2004 by B. Halley
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Finally! A self-help book that's fun to read!
I don't usually read self-help books, because I perceive them to be dull and patronising. However, Damian Barr, author of Get It Together: Surviving Your Quarterlife Crisis has... Read more
Published on 1 July 2004 by "greengrubs"
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Crisis? What crisis?
As a twentysomething feeling skint and stressed, wondering were on earth it had all gone wrong, whist my friends live in detached houses and holiday twice a year, I decided this... Read more
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