The Quarter Life Crisis That Led Me to Start Adulting101 Masterclass
You know that feeling of watching everyone around you hit their milestones while you're still figuring out how to make rent? That's a quarter-life crisis after college, and it's exactly what Heather Redisch walks through in the first episode of Adulting101 Masterclass.
She opens up about her first job in New York, a boss who taught her more about resilience than patience, and the moment she realized her closest friends were getting promoted and falling in love while she felt stuck at the starting line.
Heather also gets into the life skills school doesn't teach, from reading a paycheck to negotiating a raise to spotting a red flag boss before it's too late. She traces her path from a psych major with no plan to a recruiter navigating the aftermath of September 11 in Manhattan, and eventually to building her own coaching practice around one idea. Adulthood should come with a guide.
Along the way, Heather explains how reading The Anxious Generation shaped her thinking on why Gen Z lacks confidence in interviews, and how growing up on smartphones changed the way an entire generation learned to communicate. If you're working on how to build confidence in your 20s or just adjusting to adulthood after graduation, this one hits close to home.
Press play and hear how Heather Redisch turned her own quarter-life crisis after college into the blueprint for Adulting101 Masterclass, the show helping young adults feel a little less alone in figuring it all out.
Episode Breakdown:
00:00 Welcome to Adulting101 Masterclass
02:05 Choosing New York over grad school
06:53 Landing a job in four days
09:15 A $32,000 salary and a brutal boss
13:56 Leaving that job to start over
18:27 September 11th and the move to Chicago
23:11 Coaching grads through a confidence gap
27:31 The Anxious Generation and the smartphone effect
32:11 Feeling stuck at the starting line
34:33 Building the business in one weekend
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