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Celebrating the Single Life: Keys to Successful Living on Your Own

Autor David Yount
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 feb 2009 – vârsta până la 17 ani
American society is no longer defined by marriage. Today, an increasing majority of American households are headed by single men and women. Even those Americans who do marry spend at least half of their adult lives alone. Living on one's own presents unique challenges depending on one's age, health, and circumstances. So the script for successful single living calls for different strategies for young adults, the recently divorced, single parents, and those widowed or experiencing single life in later adulthood. Here, Dr. Yount considers each group's special needs and challenges and offers a guide for leading a productive, rewarding, and fulfilling single life. Single living, he contends, requires some core abilities: overcoming loneliness, reaching out to others, developing faith in oneself and self-respect, keeping up with daily activities, and maintaining good health, security, and a sense of humor. This book helps readers learn to celebrate their single status and to find contentment and peace while living on their own.These days, if you are unmarried and pining for romance, you are in a small minority. Until recently, most Americans considered single life to be a temporary situation during which one would simply wait for a soul mate to come along. Those who remained unwed were pitied as bachelors and spinsters. No longer! These days, most single men and women find autonomy in negotiating their way through life by relying on their own resources, with marriage remaining one option, but not an imperative. Even those who do marry are getting married later, and those who divorce or are widowed often choose to stay single. With this trend toward singlehood increasing, affirming the single life and making a success of it becomes all the more important. Yount offers advice for creating a gratifying and happy single life at any stage, and provides insight into those things that can contribute to a satisfying single lifestyle. He pinpoints areas that often get ignored by singles, and proposes solutions to some of the pitfalls that can lead to loneliness or unhappiness. Leading a fulfilling single life is not only possible, it can in fact be rewarding in itself, and Yount shows readers how to lead productive and creative lives as modern singles.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313365959
ISBN-10: 0313365954
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

David Yount is a critically acclaimed author and nationally syndicated columnist for Scripps Howards column, Amazing Grace, has been circulated weekly for over a decade to newspapers with a combined readership of 25 million. His published books include Growing in Faith: A Guide for the Reluctant Christian, Ten Thoughts to Take into Eternity: Living Wisely in Light of the Afterlife, Celebrating the Rest of Your Life: A Baby Boomer's Guide to Spirituality, America's Spiritual Utopias (Praeger, 2008), and other titles. He also appears as an analyst for PBS and lectures nationwide. He has contributed pieces to the Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

Cuprins

Acknowledgments1. Welcome to the Majority2. Cherish Life on Your Own3. Care for Yourself4. Reach Out to Others5. Cultivate the Right Attitude6. Find and Follow a Faith7. Continue Your Education8. Look Good and Feel Good9. Pay Your Bills and Reward Yourself10. Enjoy Yourself (It's Later than You Think)11. Write Your Own Script for Living12. Become Your Own Best FriendAfterword: It's Never Too Late to Reinvent Your LifeNotesReferencesIndex