1. I do the same thing! I'm just out of college and searching (a bit frantically) for jobs right now, while trying to also continue my writing...It's so difficult to not get discouraged. Every time I start to feel too overwhelmed/anxious, I watch this video. It always helps.
2. Come on, ilene...
3. You are great John Green! I need an Ilene about three years and a month from today :)
4. there was a trock band in the 70's or 80's
5. John, you've made me so afraid of the Real World. But at the same time you gave me courage to beat the crushing monotony and paralyzing terror. Thank you for speaking the honest truth about adulthood. Every teenager should be given this advice because it's hard to take but it's good to be prepared.
6. then they are not ileens.
7. I got my Ilene in 8th grade.
8. What about all the Ileens out there who refuse to help?
9. Gotta love the references to Charlie and Alex (Time Lord Rock!) They really do have it great for people their age.
10. Sometimes it does suck, but at least you can have chocolate ice cream for dinner and noone can stop you.
11. Every time im starting to feel anxious about my lack of achievement thus far I watch this. I expect myself to change the world. It actually really really bothers me that I cant do that right now. But soon! You guys are my idols
12. ransom riggs' book is the worst book I've read in a while.
13. I found and Ilene, but he had to lay me off, due to a recession in the industry.
14. THANK YOU ILENE!!!!! I need an Ilene!
15. I'm so happy that youtube was not around when I was going through school. I would never of graduated.
16. To meet Eileen, go to watch?v=oc-P8oDuS0Q
17. wow
18. My first Vlogbrothers video was this one, right here. Way to welcome me to the world.
19. Yes, only it looks nothing like it does in the show. It's a whole lot swankier.
20. That was my reation too!
21. The Cheesecake Factory is a real place!? (/Argentine The Big Bang Theory fan who thought it was only fictional)
22. no need to be a dick about it.I really think he was singling out Charlie, but they are all in it,and the Vlogbrothers are fans of them all. All he is saying is the (move obvious then not) idea that the vlog brothers are referring the Chameleon Circuit. Maybe you need to rephrase what you said, but I cant see the connection from awesom's comment to yours.
23. Miss Perigrine's Home for Peculiar Children is my all time favorite book! It's getting turned into a movie by Tim Burton who is my favorite director!!!!!!!! Also I love your books :)
24. Um obviously not. Look at the number of Charlie's subscribers. Almost 1% of the world's population has seen his 'Duet With Myself' And look at Alex, and Liam, and Michael. Tons of subscribers, huh? I bet some of them are watching this video, if you are able to, they are too. Fancy that
25. Yes, yes it is.

How to Become An Adult

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Check out Ilene Cooper's An Angel in My Pocket: http://dft.ba/-TCa or if you prefer easy readers, Lucy on the Loose! http://dft.ba/-TCd Or if you prefer picture books, The Golden Rule! http://dft.ba/-TCf They're all great, and I'm not just saying that because Ilene Cooper made my whole life possible. In which John talks about the crushing monotony and paralyzing terror of one's first years entering the post-school world of grown-ups, and how getting a mentor, like the one John found in the author Ilene Cooper, can get you through.
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