I must admit, I'm a little late to the game when it comes to blogging, but recently, I've been inspired to reevaluate my current situation, and what better form of reflection than written word...
While that all sounds nice, I've really been spurned to write a blog because of what I've read and heard about all the twenty-somethings out there and how we're perceived by society. As a whole, Generation Y'ers are thought to be lazy, entitled, disloyal to our jobs, unwilling to work as hard as expected and constantly looking for praise.
Not too long ago, I stumbled across (saw on Facebook) that The New York Times had published an article asking, "Why are so many people in their 20s taking so long to grow up?"
The article spouts a million reasons why people in their early twenties are "forestalling the beginning of adult life." And while, I am not blind to how spot-on this description is for many with which I share a generation, I must say, there are still lots of us out there in our 20s that are trying. Trying now, to figure out who we are, what we want and how we can get it.
The New York Times closes the article with a quote from Jeffrey Arnett's Emerging Adulthood, “To be a young American today is to experience both excitement and uncertainty, wide-open possibility and confusion, new freedoms and new fears. Emerging adults develop skills for daily living, gain a better understanding of who they are and what they want from life and begin to build a foundation for their adult lives.”
So bear with me as I make a go of navigating "adultolescence."
I am 20 and trying.
No comments:
Post a Comment