Making the ârightâ choices
Navigating the fraught landscape of making decisions in young adulthood.
Jonathan Giammaria, Arts & Entertainment Editor
Ten years ago, Robin Marantz Henig published an
article
The New York Times Magazine whose opening header read, âWhy are so many people in their 20s taking so long to grow up?â The question referred to those who had entered adulthood in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis and failed to meet the societal milestones of a generation prior. In 2010, the question echoed the vocal concerns of a nation of worried parents inasmuch as it commented on and empathized with the realities of a new cohort of emerging adultsâinformally called the boomerang generation.
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When they called to tell me my COVID-19 test was positive, I thought there must have been a mistake. I felt perfectly fine, and in the long months of the pandemic my husband, Jeff, and I had been behaving the way much of the United States had: hyper-vigilant about where we went and who we saw, and careful to follow the recommended public health precautions.
Besides, Jeff had taken the same test at the same time, and his was negative. Since we did almost everything together, how could you explain
that? It s a PCR test they re very accurate, said the woman on the phone from the Delaware Board of Public Health when I expressed some disbelief. We had taken the test not because we suspected anything but because, having driven from our home in New York City to Delaware for a weekend break, we wanted to be good citizens and follow New York s rules regarding travel out of state when we returned.