But if one refuses to undergo such a transition, he will be disappointed about life which may turn him into a person reconciled to the situation. If one can pass through the midlife transition, he will find new purposes in life. In the text of further reading, the same author continues to talk about the problems people are likely to face in their 30s through 50s. They will rediscover those suppressed parts later in their forties. They shape their character to fit the course they have chosen, instead of the other way round. Thus if they find any part of their personality not congruent with that course, they will regard it as undesirable and try to suppress it. Twenty-somethings also tend to believe there is only one true course in life, which cannot be altered. Young people don't usually have much money while the problems they face are endless, but with sturdy wills they can overcome any difficulty. People in their twenties have many "illusions" which fill them with enthusiasm in every effort they make. A balance struck between the two determines what one's twenties will be like. One is to be set as early as possible the other is to keep experimenting. Two impulses are at work during this period. Some choose to go to graduate school, some get married early and try out different jobs to see which suits them best, and some stay single and put their career first. The twenties is the period when one is eager to find his own way of life.
In the text, Gail Sheehy describes the difficulties, as well as freedom, which twenty-somethings are presented with when they enter the adult world.
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