Dear Millennial, I am just a few years older than you are, but I remember growing up in the old age when life was linear: you earned a living, you raised a family and then you died.
Life in the new Millennium is no longer linear, though. By the time you’re thirty, you feel like fifty-five, right?. You are not Gen X, already living ‘the rest of their lives’ (raising kids, making a career), and you are not Gen Z, who were born into this crazy world and don’t know any better. No, you have to figure out life in this fast changing world all by yourself.
I’m an Xennial, part of the micro-generation right in between Gen X and you. And I have spent over a decade, in and out of mental hospitals, had countless therapy sessions, many coaches, psychologists and psychiatrists and listened to hundreds of recovery stories from peers, who also struggled in life, in one way or another.
For those of you in your late twenties and early thirties to whom this resonates: whatever happened to you in your life, this is not the end, it is only the beginning. This is your life. Forget about society’s expectations and stop spending eight hours a day on your socials or playing video games, in lack of a better idea. Understand that life is like a set of waves, wiping out is inevitable, but you can learn how to surf.
I invite you to go on a quest to the rest of your life like I did and dream big, because I promise you it can be magical.
🫶🏻 G.
The Surf of Life 