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Dear Millennials: Stop Setting Yourself Up For Disappointment
A friend and I grabbed a coffee in Venice the other day. We got to talking about how much trouble her mom is having trying to hire someone for her company.
“These recent graduates are expecting to be hired for her position, even though she’s been working there for over twenty years!”
It sounds completely ridiculous when you flat-out say it like that. But millennials are really acting like this. Her story wasn’t an anomaly; it’s not even the first time I’ve heard similar.
Millennials are the guinea pigs for the internet era. We quite literally watched the internet blossom into what it is today.
We know the anguish of deciding what our AIM away message should be. We lay awake at night wondering what Tom from Myspace is doing with his life.
And today, our computers live in our phones, along with our reality.
We’re in a state of disillusionment because social media and all its effects crept up on us slowly. Now we’re in the midst of so much new, and we’re barely treading water.
And sure, we talk about mental health more than ever before. Therapy is no longer such a taboo subject. The #MeToo movement was a significant step forward in women claiming their power.
