Have you ever sat down and contemplated what life would be like if you had grown up in a different generation? When I curl my hair and apply my red lipstick, I feel as though I would have thrived in the 1950s. When I put on my tie-dyed shorts and leave my hair to take on its effortless, natural wave, I feel like the ultimate flower child who should have been the poster child for the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969. After 18 years of living, I found some prominent features that lead me to believe I should have been born in an entirely different generation: in my case, the '50s...

1. You get all of your stye inspiration from the icons, whose faces inundated the era.

2. When it's time to watch a movie, you instantly choose your favorite black and white film, with the Hollywood starlet you can only hope to look like one day.

3. Aside from the occasional "Hotline Bling," you have entire playlist dedicated to songs from the era in which you should have lived. I mean, who doesn't love some Mamas and the Papas and Edith Piaf?

4. You appreciate the simplicities in life, and strongly recognize the minute details in people that get you thinking of a mindset from a time, long ago.

5. When you are certain that any confrontation can be settled with some hair gel, leather jackets, and a kick-ass musical number.

6. When the classic TV shows, such as "Rugrats," "Gilligan's Island," and the "good" "Spongebob," trumps any episode of "Grey's Anatomy" ever created.

7. When you sit your booty down, contemplate life and just appreciate and try to envision yourself growing up in any other time period but now. That's how you know.