I’m still searching for a real theme for this blog as evidenced by the hodgepodge of topics I’ve been posting on. But increasingly I’d like to write about the generation I’m in and the in between years that we’re in, brought on by the fact that the economy has made it harder to attain the traditional markers of adulthood — moving out, a job with good benefits, and having enough to get married. This economic uncertainty brings with it many challenges, including indebtedness. I think it certainly applies to anyone born after about 1980.
But what do you call this generation? Generation Y makes sense, it’s the one after Generation X. The millennials is widely used, but makes us sound like beings from outer space. I like this candidate from blogger Matt Yglesias for a good name — Generation Trail, because we’ve all been forced to play Oregon Trail at some point.
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Cecilia M. Orphan // December 10, 2008 at 1:39 pm
I think of us Millennials. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/08/60minutes/main3475200.shtml.