Millennials

this Article talks about Millennials a little bit more in depth.  If you were born after 1980,(you probably are if you're reading my blog) you are a Millennial.  It talks about how we are the most racially diverse, least religious, best educated, most tattooed, and most pierced generation ever.  Not all too surprising.  I also felt really proud of us Millennials for the rankings of important things in the chart.

"Despite struggling (and often failing) to find jobs in the teeth of a recession, about nine-in-ten either say that they currently have enough money or that they will eventually meet their long-term financial goals. But at the moment, fully 37% of 18- to 29-year-olds are unemployed or out of the workforce, the highest share among this age group in more than three decades. Research shows that young people who graduate from college in a bad economy typically suffer long-term consequences -- with effects on their careers and earnings that linger as long as 15 years"
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my generation's name, Millennials

 http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/06/04/balance.burnout/
a great article my friend and graphic designer Ashley  posted on facebook,

"Millennials aren't afraid of working hard, she says. "They just want to have freedom to do other things."
However, compared with previous generations, many millennials are "backlashing against the idea that your work is your life," says Alexandra Robbins, author of "The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids." They're "intent on finding jobs that are meaningful both personally and to the community and the environment." -  an excerpt from the article

Its good that I'm not the only one who feels this way.  Hopefully this means that my generation will be the one to fix the problems caused by past generations who simply just worked for a paycheck and put little care into thinking about if what they were doing was creating more good than harm.