I am a boomer. Dang!
I might be around for 10 or 20 more years and I'm ok with that. Maybe even glad, because I've decided that humanity, as I know it, is not headed in a direction that I'd want to travel.
MSN had a "news" story about changing cultural values of different generations and how they differ from Boomer goals and ambitions. In the research, the author asked questions of Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z about their life goals. One of the interviews was particularly remarkable with a Millennial single lady of 29 years of age.
She told the author that she had recently moved back in with her Boomer parents to save money, because her top priority was to be able to buy a Birken in 3 years by the time she was 30.
My first thought was that it must be a home of some kind and she wanted to buy it with no mortgage. Her first home purchase maybe. Maybe a tiny-home? That's smart thinking, I thought. When I was 27 it was my goal to buy a home and own it with no mortgage. I didn't achieve that goal by 30, but I did realize it by the time I was 38. And it was a great feeling. I've not had a mortgage since.
But if you are like me and don't know what a Berkin is, sit down. It's a purse. It's a handbag. Nothing more. It is not made out of solid gold threads. Or covered with diamonds. It's just a purse that a lot of famous, rich, people carry around in public. And this 27 year old young lady, living at home with her parents, has one as her top life priority.
Sheesh!!!! Has the world gone mad?
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