Posted on 07/04/2016 3:14:44 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
....At 26, I’m stuck in the middle of the world’s most maligned, mocked and discussed age group. And I hate it. Imagine being forever lumped into a smug pack of narcissists who don’t just ignore the past, but openly abhor anyone and everything that came before them.
.... Bernie Sanders obsessives who preached reform and inclusion by berating their closest friends and family for daring to think differently....
...My millennial friends want me to be hopelessly nostalgic for the ’90s, obsessing over which “Saved by the Bell” character I’m most like...
...Perhaps their messiah complex is a result of being coddled, petted and worshiped like toy poodles from infancy all the way to college...
....but we can turn it around, millennials. Here’s how. Action item one: Stop blaming everybody. Don’t blame the big banks, don’t blame your mom...By absolving ourselves of responsibility, we’ve become forever 8-year-olds, tattling on the world in hopes it will better our situation. It won’t. It will only make it crummier.
...Action item two: Stop being so insular...you’ve curated your social media accounts — where most of your interaction takes place — to be in total agreement with your opinions.
...Action item three: Stop waiting around for something big to happen. Getting a job is hard. Filling out a million online forms isn’t enough. Primping your LinkedIn and hoping your God-given greatness will finally be recognized by everybody else like your grandma always said it would will get you zip, zilch, zero. You need to leave your apartment, meet people, be assertive, interested, open. I’ve gotten full-time jobs by sitting at bars and dancing at wedding receptions.
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Your HO is dead on. Lack of parenting leading to lack of self discipline.
bkmk
Both the baby boomers and gen y have one thing in commom. Spoiled.
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