Hey, guys.
You are probably tired of hearing the term "millennial". Quick question: Do you even know what that word means? Being a millennial means that you were born between the 1980s and the early 2000s. The rest of the meaning is a little hazy. If you go to Wikipedia, the Millennial Page will have statements like "most researchers" or "a certain percentage of". Basically, we have no clue about what we are. Those in front of us look down at us as if we are disappointments. And those after us, look up to us as if we are gods and goddesses. No pressure, right? We still do not know who we are. Let me give you some help, okay?
Ten characteristics define us: We are civic-oriented, compassionate, confident, diverse, large, politically engaged, progressive, team oriented, technologically adept, well educated. However, these characteristics do not define everybody. So we still have an identity crisis. So what do we do?
We are challenged to fix the world of the past for the people of the future. The past generations ruined our society, and now we have to fix it. We are the ones who they call the police on. For any reason, really. We are the kids who are deemed lazy. We are the ones who just love marijuana and sex. We are the ones who get pregnant at an early age. Get it? We are the ones who are screwed and damned this nation. Apparently.
Don't be discouraged. Because we are the ones who fail while laughing. We are the ones who see the mistakes of the predecessors. We are the ones who are going to fix those mistakes. Of course, we are going to make our own messes, but we are the ones who take ownership. We are the ones who create trends and apps and revolutionize social media with a selfie. We are the young bosses and the hardworking students. We changed the meaning of "The American Dream". We are the ones the governments fear. Sorry, but we are the ones that our parents warned about.
So, if you feel horrible and sick of what you have been born into, just remember that Hiroshima and the Iraq War were not our fault. And just remember that we are changing the world for the ones after us. Now go be revolutionary.
