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Millennials: How to Spend Your Summer Vacation
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Every generation sees the world from their own unique perspective. I was born in 1955 and am considered to be smack dab in the middle of the Baby Boomer generation. Raised by parents who were defined by the Depression and World War II, fear and uncertainty of the future was ingrained in me from an early age. It’s only been in the past decade or so that I have finally understood the advice I was given when I was a younger by those older than myself. This included getting a college degree; working for a corporation; buying a home; and saving and then investing for my future from a young age.
Though today’s advice may be similar, the path chosen by those in the age eighteen to thirty category is quite different. They are thinking and acting in a way that reminds me of myself, once I reinvented my life at age fifty. If you are a late millennial (born ’89 to ’96) or an early post-millennial (born ’97 to ’01) this is for you. If you know someone in this age range, give or take a few years on either side, please share this article with them for both your sakes.
“Too many choices” is a common theme and I did some research on this. In an article by “millennial psychotherapist” and life coach Tess Brigham, she states:
On any given day, a handful of…
