It’s been increasingly common to hear from people my age in their mid-twenties feeling like they haven’t been properly taught how to “adult” whether through school or their families growing up. There is a huge importance in our society in “growing up” with high school and college graduations as benchmarks of “making it.” However, what happens after? I feel like we can go through our years focusing on the bigger picture and completely not realizing the little things until it comes to our attention. Like, how do taxes and insurance work again? Enter the library. My Innovation Strategy and Roadmap highlight a potential library program that helps us “new adults” to, you know, adult.
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5 responses to “Innovation Strategy & Roadmap – Adulting 101”
This is a great idea! In our library, our teen services librarian does this type of programming and she calls out to “Emerging Adults”. She works with ages 18-28.
Hi Praditya, what a great idea! This would have been so helpful to me when I was younger and had to navigate the world of “adults” without my parents. I’m sure there are so many folks who would benefit from a program like this!
This is great! With so many college students in the area, this could get a lot of interest. I also really like how you mentioned that gearing programming around seasonal events like tax time would be nice.
Hi Terri,
Thank you for your comment! Yes, just speaking from personal experience, I would love to have these resources at hand!
Hi Praditya,
I really like you’re idea and feel like this is such an important topic to understand for people of all ages! As someone who didn’t know how to do laundry or cook until I started college, this format would be beneficial for pacing tasks, learning with others, and not feeling overwhelmed with “adulting.” Thanks of your post!