If you ask pretty much any other generation, they all have similar views on millennials: that we're lazy, entitled, no good, etc. But if you ask any millennial to describe him or herself, we’ll most likely say the same thing: that we’re trying our hardest.

Older generations see that we aren’t buying homes and think it’s because we don’t have the money because we’re too lazy to find a job. Quite the opposite is true, actually. First of all, most millennials have barely graduated college, so we have barely had the time to settle down, let alone buy a house. Millennials are some of the most hard-working people. We work pretty much anywhere--gas stations, fast food restaurants, car washes, the mall--pretty much anywhere that will give them a paycheck. Plus, houses are so expensive because the older generations destroyed the housing market, so what are they doing judging us millennials for?

Millennials are often seen as lazy because we tend to watch TV or videos while we work, so people think that we are just pretending to work, but it's actually because we’ve mastered the art of multi-tasking. While writing this I am catching up on episodes of "Rick and Morty," taking notes in anatomy class, and doing work for my economics class. We are trying are hardest to compete in the most competitive academic and working environments there have ever been. Just to qualify for colleges nowadays, you have to be in at least one sport, be the president of a club, have a perfect GPA and have close to a million volunteer hours.

Millennials may have some non-traditional jobs, but we are (mostly) following our dreams and doing the things we actually want to do, instead of just taking the first high-paying job that comes our way. That leads into a whole other argument on the fact that millennials aren’t having families. How can we have families when we are too busy constantly working or studying to get our fourth degree just so we can get a promotion? Plus, a lot of us just don’t want a family; it’s just not us. We’re more of a dog and cat kind of people.

Also, please stop yelling at millennials for always being on their phone and never actually talking to people. We are actually very social people. We’re on our phones talking to each other. We find it nice to send each other Snapchats of our pets when we’re sad, or tag each other in some stupid memes on Instagram that remind us of each other. So, while we aren’t writing long poetic love letters to each other, we are still telling each other how much we cherish each other.

We’re young, we’re naïve, we don’t have everything figured out. But we are trying. We are trying our best to get good grades, support ourselves and make a (good) lasting impression on the next generations. So please understand, other generations, us millennials are trying.