1. Living Life With No Regrets
This might very well be the first generation that isn't afraid. Now more than ever everyone is free to be truly who they want to be, and with that comes controversy. The 21st century is about expression which is why many have a hard time accepting the new norms, and which is why many are being judged for the way they live their lives. However, the millennials are on the verge of changing the American way of thinking.
2. Being Different
White, Asian, Black, Hispanic, Man, Woman, Gay, Straight, Lesbian, etc. it doesn't matter. Older generations will look down on those today and wonder what went wrong. They question these kids and their values and wonder how. But that's the great thing, the future is unknown but its moving in the right direction whether or not everyone believes it.
3. Posting Everything Online
Many will question why does everything have to be posted on social media, and yes of course in today's day and age you defiantly have to be smart about what you're posting but that doesn't mean you shouldn't post. Pictures deserved to be showed off and thoughts deserved to be expressed. The internet has completely engulfed this generation but not always in a bad way.
4. Speaking In Tweets, Texts, and Through A Snapchat
It's a new way of thinking and speaking. If you talk to any millennial its easy to start a conversation based on something on twitter or Instagram. The latest meme will always make someone laugh and pointless fights online will always be something that others can relate too. Everything felt and thought is said, and finally it's a generation that isn't afraid.
5. Always Having A Phone In Their Hand
This is the one thing I can agree with being a millennial myself. I grew up in a generation that watched TV for a few hours and spent all day playing outside. I didn't have video games, or an iPhone, and I begged for my flip phone when I was ending middle school. There was no such thing as iMessage and Facebook was the cool new social media. Millennials keep their phones in their hand at all time because its a habit at this point. It would be barbaric if you were growing up in this generation and didn't have a smartphone, we simply just cannot function. Thus, if there was one thing the millennial generation could work on it would be this, put the phone down and remember the world outside functioned once before without that Tweet.