why is the nytimes writing about ME?

"The 20s are a black box, and there is a lot of churning in there. One-third of people in their 20s move to a new residence every year. Forty percent move back home with their parents at least once. They go through an average of seven jobs in their 20s, more job changes than in any other stretch. Two-thirds spend at least some time living with a romantic partner without being married. And marriage occurs later than ever. The median age at first marriage in the early 1970s, when the baby boomers were young, was 21 for women and 23 for men; by 2009 it had climbed to 26 for women and 28 for men, five years in a little more than a generation."


"While the complaints of these young people are heartfelt, they are also the complaints of the privileged. Julie, a 23-year-old New Yorker and contributor to “20 Something Manifesto,” is apparently aware of this. She was coddled her whole life, treated to French horn lessons and summer camp, told she could do anything. “It is a double-edged sword,” she writes, “because on the one hand I am so blessed with my experiences and endless options, but on the other hand, I still feel like a child. I feel like my job isn’t real because I am not where my parents were at my age. Walking home, in the shoes my father bought me, I still feel I have yet to grow up.”




As if most of us haven't already heard "I told you so." by someone in our lives, this article confirms it. It's not easy being us, but we don't have to get botox, worry about gaining weight from eating one cookie, or fester over our childbearing induced stretch marks. This article points out what is blatantly painful for us to admit about ourselves. We are in transition - lost in translation - and looking for someone to guide us. Cheers to all of you on this journey with me - it's one (fun!) hell of a ride! 




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