Oh wait, that’s never happened. Growing up Generation Y is like growing up with a slightly Paris Hilton mindset without the semi-bad music, jail time, or means to do whatever it is you want (unless all my readers are billionaires).
I’m not the first to say it, and certainly not the last, but one of the key overly-generalized statements made about Generation Y is that we were always told by our parents that we could do anything. For better or worse.
The Worse:
Now, in my experience, “you can’t do that!” is a very powerful motivator to, well, DO THAT. “You can do anything you want to do in life” is like giving Oliver Twist an entire banquet of gruel. Where’s the struggle?
Without some obstacle of “there are impossible things that I will challenge you to overcome because I use the word ‘impossible,’” our generation is left with a few extremely gung-ho “saving the world” individuals and quite a few people who feel completely overwhelmed with all of their “anything” options after college.
Especially if you are a liberal arts major. And still not all-together sure what all you can do with it.
But we were the “hooked on phonics” generation also, so at least we can spell.
The Better:
Because we CAN do anything, we eventually will re-invent society to be what we want it to be: A place that is accepting and nurturing of all people (except for terrorists, President Bush, and immigrant workers, OH MY!).
We will most likely develop a more European style of work ethic: more coffee breaks, less work. And we will all be happier for it.
But, before that can happen, we all have to get higher positions than “entry-level” and “administrative assistant.”
So in order for us to do that, I have assembled a list of things you’re never allowed to do. I mean, these things are IMPOSSIBLE. And regardless how much your mother and father love you, you will never succeed in:
- Gaining political office
- Writing a famous novel
- Finding a non-polluting energy source
- Curing AIDS
- Feeding starving children around the world
- Creating world peace (like Miss America always does)
How’s that for reverse psychology, all you people sitting on your bottoms, reading this blog post?
-The Boxcar Children
Well fine! I’ll do number two just cause I’ve been meaning to but didn’t have the motivation or the time but now am feeling surprisingly ready to set to!
After I finish breakfast, take a shower, pay off my loan, and find a steady full time job with benefits that doesn’t make me want to shoot myself…
Well seeing the list that way, seems a huge scheme suddendly.
Anyway, I’ll make a dress with your title.