1/18/2024 0 Comments Millennials gen x gen z age rangeIt’s this generation that were already young adults during the digital age and had to learn to adapt. Meanwhile, Gen X taught us the value of knowing where you come from, and understanding that that can help influence where you are going. Would you rather rise the ranks to success quickly or would you rather rise and be able to stay there? Boomers and Gen X’ers know the value of taking your time-I don’t want to say “and earning your place”-but of understanding the value of the lessons gained with being intentional and moving at a pace. But remember, no great success happens overnight, and the kind of success that does happen overnight you have to be wary of…no one wants to be a one-hit wonder. That’s a lesson for all generations, because right now there’s the idea that it has to happen right now, quickly. Once they were given the idea of what they should be striving for, they did it to the best of their ability, and they followed through. (By contrast, per the New York Times, “Gen X may have been buffeted by some of the same social changes and declining economic conditions as we have been, but at least they are also the only generation of households to recover the wealth they lost in the Great Recession.” Also, per my personal experience, and backed up by a Pew Research report, we Generation X’ers might be weathering the limitations of middle age better because, well, we expect less-we’re used to being a demographic white elephant, sandwiched as we are between the much larger groups of Boomers and Millennials.ĮL: Boomers, let’s start with them. As you grew up, you were sold a bill of goods that promised you that, if you got an education and a job, you’d get a home and a family…only to be met with job insecurity, stratospheric housing costs and now, inflation. You’ve been knocked down by the 2008 recession, then managed to get back up on your feet, only to be knocked down again by Covid. Well, welcome to the party! But seriously, the life issues you’re facing are a big deal. Even TV shows ( Fleischman is in Trouble, Beef) are focused on your discontent. (Our generation is also a total mess FWIW, what with our yuppie privilege, heroin chic aesthetic and no-less-anti-fashion Doc Martens.) But now the New York Times tells me that you people are hitting your early ‘40s-happy birthday!-and not feeling tip-top about the prospect of middle age. As a Gen X’er, I feel I owe Millennials an apology.įirst off, I’m sorry that my demographic cohort has taken you to task so cruelly with mockery over your entitlement, teetotaling and Crocs.
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