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Exploring the Unique Challenges Facing Today’s Young Adults: Insights and Solutions for a New Generation

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Do you have decision fatigue?
Jason Baumsteiger Jason Baumsteiger

Do you have decision fatigue?

If you are not aware, decision fatigue is a state of mental exhaustion (tired, anxious, stressed) after making too many decisions. It can affect the ability to make the right decision or even lead to procrastination, to “figure it out later”.  Now don’t confuse this problem with its close relative, indecisiveness, which is...

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HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED IF you ARE ACTUALLY on a team?
Jason Baumsteiger Jason Baumsteiger

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED IF you ARE ACTUALLY on a team?

I was watching a little football this weekend and as is typical at these games, there were fans all decked out in their team’s gear or better yet, in gear they had made themselves. You know, costume level gear. I am assuming this was an attempt to get on TV or...

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Is test anxiety healthy?
Jason Baumsteiger Jason Baumsteiger

Is test anxiety healthy?

I still occasionally have nightmares of showing up to a class unprepared and having to take a test I didn’t study for. Remember that feeling? The sweaty palms, the sense of dread, and the general sense of fear? Yuck. Maybe you went with the classic of just answering c for every question on the scantron. Maybe you just sat there and didn’t even try and answer. Maybe you just guessed at everything. I feel like, given all the tests we take...

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What happened to accountability?
Jason Baumsteiger Jason Baumsteiger

What happened to accountability?

I was in a weird headspace the other day and just flipping through channels on my TV. I stopped on CSPAN because some Congressional members were inquiring of this prominent head of a university as to the policies of the University on a particular subject. The reason and or impetus behind these inquires is irrelevant here. No, what struck me was...

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Is modern technology actually helping young adults succeed?Part 2
Jason Baumsteiger Jason Baumsteiger

Is modern technology actually helping young adults succeed?Part 2

Previously I took the time to show some ways in which technology is hindering young adults from succeeding. The zenith of that thinking was how much technology is separating us from our humanity. Making everything easier in life strips young adults of the need to...

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