This week one of my favorite authors returns. Kayleen Schaefer is a journalist and author of Text Me When You Get Home, she also wrote the bestselling Kindle Single memoir Fade Out. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Vogue, and many other publications. Her new book, But You’re Still So Young, is out now. It follows eight people struggling to make the leap to adulthood. It includes sociological research and weaves in her own story. In this episode we talk about how this generation is redefining what it's like to be in our 30s. And how a checklist that sociologists created in the 1950s is no longer relevant, or even possible for many. The checklist was: "finish school, leave home, make your own money, marry and become a parent." We talk about how race, class, and privilege play into the ability and desire to meet these old benchmarks. Plus, we cover Kayleen's writing rituals, how they've changed, her advice to writers, and more.

Show notes:

- Kayleen's new book, But You're Still So Young

- Her glowing review in the New York Times

- Kayleen's first book, Text Me When You Get Home

- Connect with Kayleen on the web | Instagram

- Kayleen's interview on The Cut Podcast

- Her latest article on Elle: How 50 Pushups A Day Helped Me Cope In An Uncertain World

- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

- Read Kayleen's Kindle single, Fade Out

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If you liked this episode try out:

- Episode 224 with Kayleen Schaefer

- Episode 275 with Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur, founders of Of a Kind, on mixing friendship and business