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It was the worst of times, it was the best of times in these cities to which we, Gen-Y, are living and notes on The Alchemist later, this Gen-Y was hired. 
If I could write a letter to me… I would tell me what I’m going to tell you …
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When I decide that relocating was what I wanted to do, I narrowed down my choices of cities to places where I had a support system aka family or very close friends in that area I could count on.
It’s easier that way.
When I say that “I could count on,” I mean people who take you apartment hunting, drive/walk around with you, pop open a map and show you where things are, people who will sit down with you and educate you about your new city as a local etc.
Apartment hunting equated a new bane of my being.
No lie.
Ugh.
KNOW where you want to live.
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It was the worst of times, it was the best of times in these cities to which we, Gen-Y, are living. Last week, I asked if the recession was good for Gen-Y. This week I would like to talk about the repercussions.
Enlightened or traumatized? That is the question.
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I read an article in the New York Times called “Generation OMG” –
In 1951, Time magazine set out to paint a portrait of the nation’s youth, those born into the Great Depression. It doomed them as the Silent Generation, and a generally drab lot: cautious and resigned, uninterested in striking out in new directions or shaping the great issues of the day — the outwardly efficient types whose inner agonies the novel “Revolutionary Road†would dissect a decade later.
Insane isn’t it? [Read more...]
It was the worst of times, it was the best of times in these cities to which we, Gen-Y, are living.
Back in the 1960s and 1970s, the Baby Boomers were described as flower children. They were radical, they wanted world peace, heck, they wanted to change the world. They were obsessed with the environment and hugged trees. This was a generation that felt they were entitled. Most of all, what was up with the fashions: bare bellies, shaggy hair and Twiggy eyes.
Whoa.
But wait a minute, does any of that sound familiar to you? Are the Boomers describing themselves when they describe us? I mean I don’t think my parents are so bad… I don’t know what they were like before I was born, but I think they turned out okay. So why can’t I?
On that note, while the recession is a hindering factor in the job hunt for so many Millennials (80 Million Strong anyone?), maybe it isn’t such a bad thing?
Someone told me that I sounded more than frustrated recently and that maybe my hurt for the current state of affairs ran deeper that just frustration. I cannot say that they were right, but I cannot say they were wrong either. I feel like we have choices, and we make them the best that we can given our circumstances.
Karma has a funny way of going full circle and life has an even funnier way of working out. Go on a outlandish philosophical thought with me for a minute here…
The recession is trying us: our pockets, our freedom, our livelihood, our day-to-day activities; you name it. [Read more...]
