Thoughts, Worries and Ideas from a Millennial
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Why Everything Feels So Heavy Lately
Why Everything Feels So Heavy Lately Lately, I’ve been asking myself a simple question. Why does everything feel so heavy? Not just physically. Mentally. Emotionally. The kind of heaviness that follows you from the moment you wake up until your head finally hits the pillow. For a long time, I thought something was wrong with…
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Millennial Mind: Why Do We Beat Ourselves Up When We Could Just Let It Go?
Why is it so easy to tell someone else, “Don’t worry about it,” but so hard to say the same thing to ourselves? We make a mistake at work. We say something awkward. Someone’s tone feels slightly different. We forget something. We make a decision and immediately wonder if we made the wrong one. And…
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Millennial Mind: Will I Ever Have It Figured Out?
Growing up, I really thought I would have life figured out by 30. Career. Love. Money. A home. My future. I thought adulthood would eventually come with this magical moment where everything clicked and I could finally say, Okay, I know what I’m doing now. Well… I’m 30. And I’m still figuring it out. I Thought…
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Millennial Mind: Is It Okay for Our Political Views to Change as We Get Older?
There are certain things I’ve stopped talking about publicly. Politics is one of them. Not because I stopped caring. Actually, I think getting older has made me care about certain issues even more. But I’ve learned how quickly political conversations can turn into arguments. People get fired up. We put each other into boxes. Sometimes…
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Millennial Mind: We Don’t Want to Work Two Jobs Just to Survive
There’s this idea that younger generations don’t want to work. That we’re lazy. That we don’t have the same work ethic our parents or grandparents had. But maybe we’re asking the wrong question. Maybe it isn’t “Why doesn’t this generation want to work?” Maybe it’s: “Why should someone have to work two or three jobs just…
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Millennial Mind: Why Are We Always Comparing Ourselves to Everyone Else?
Have you ever caught yourself thinking… “I’m behind.” “Everyone else has their life together.” “Why haven’t I accomplished more by now?” If you’re a millennial, you’re probably not alone. Many of us grew up comparing ourselves to classmates, siblings, celebrities, and coworkers. Today, that comparison follows us everywhere—in our pockets, on our phones, and across…
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Millennial Mind: Why Are We Always Comparing Ourselves to Everyone Else?
Have you ever caught yourself thinking… “I’m behind.” “Everyone else has their life together.” “Why haven’t I accomplished more by now?” If you’re a millennial, you’re probably not alone. Many of us grew up comparing ourselves to classmates, siblings, celebrities, and coworkers. Today, that comparison follows us everywhere—in our pockets, on our phones, and across…
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Millennial Mind: We Grew Up Offline, But We Learned to Heal Online
Sometimes I think millennials grew up in one of the most unique generations in history. We had an offline childhood. We rode our bikes until the streetlights came on. We played outside for hours. We survived dial-up internet, rented movies from Blockbuster, played Solitaire and MS Paint on the family computer, and learned how to…
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Millennial Mind: Protecting My Peace
There was a time when I thought saying “yes” made me a good person. Say yes to extra work.Say yes to helping everyone else.Say yes to keeping the peace, even if it meant sacrificing my own. Like many millennials, I grew up believing that working harder, staying quiet, and pushing through discomfort were simply part…
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Millennial Mind: Why Millennials Feel Split Between Two Worlds
Sometimes I wonder if being a millennial means living with one foot in the past and one foot in the future. We’re old enough to remember life before the internet took over everything, yet young enough that we’ve spent most of our adult lives online. We grew up in two completely different worlds. As kids,…