240115 Life Today

The world is changing dramatically.

That much is an indisputable fact and I am not changing with it. What I mean is I am a dinosaur trying to cling on to life while a huge asteroid is hurtling my way to finish me off as it did with the other dinosaurs a million years ago.

In this current world, the new generation is so different from when I grew up. My parents didn’t agree with how me and my cohorts acted. We acted differently from the way they were raised. My parents grudgingly went along with me. Once I was 18, I was out of their home and on my own in the world. I made my way through some very tight times, but I made it without any help from them.

My daughter’s generation X was different from mine. I did not agree with a lot of what she did, but I went along with nearly everything as my parents did with me. She left home on her own for a while, came back for a while, left again, came back again until she found the right guy and has been away from our home for over 20 years now. Once I left home I never went back unless it was for a brief visit. That’s the difference in our upbringing.

Now we are in generation Z, or the centennials as some call it. They are very different from any other generation. 20% of Millennials and 68% of adult Gen Z-ers are living with family members, according to a new study from RentCafe.com
This is a horror story to me! I understand an adult child living at home while finishing one’s education and a limited time afterward, but for someone 27 or older, that is shameful in my mind.

I still think the way I did when I was a young man. My way of thinking has gone by the wayside. I’m not sure I like the new way of thinking. Some people my age may agree. I look back on all I have learned and these days it’s worth little to nothing. I went through more different schools for repairing electronics than I can recall at the moment. Now very little of that has any value these days. All my experience that I could share, falls on deaf ears. I’ve been halfway around the world, experienced many different cultures, have had adventures, many friends, and a lifelong marriage. I know a lot about life, but no one cares to hear what I have to say. I could say, that's their loss, but maybe what I experienced, learned, lived through has little value in today’s world. That’s the impression I get from others.