Promise

I didn’t know my generation was called Generation X, I knew about Baby Boomers. I had heard my kids were Millennials, and just learned my grands are Alpha’s! This stuff is pretty interesting, and everyone has an opinion about the other generation. So I asked why is my grandkids generation called Alpha are they considered superior? I was told because they ran out of letters. We did generation X,Y, Z, so we switched to Alpha and the next will be Beta and so forth. Apparently Alpha’s are the most technological generation born the same time as facial recognition and Ipads. This is the generation completely born in the twenty first century. Admittedly this is the generation I feel old around. They know nothing of the Twin Towers, when you ask what their favourite show is, more often they reply with their favourite You Tuber instead. I also find when you ask them about what they want to be when they grow up, the answers are so broad. No more doctors, lawyers, nurses, teachers, instead some lean towards fame, marketing and internet based jobs. With no one yearning to service our generation, we could be doomed!

Our lovely generation is considered the most independent, probably because our baby boomer parents were working and we raised ourselves. Depending on the demographic baby boomers were also hippies! I felt my generation was rebellious, or maybe it was just me. One description of our generation, equated us with popping Prozac as the norm. Frankly it is all a little much. Stereotypes for everyone based on when you were born!

Like I said, I didn’t know I had a label. Generation X, kinda sounds like a generic prescription! I will not be joining this group. I am not much for brand names. I like what I like. I buy what I want, I am who I am. I promise you this, my great grand kids will not be inferior to the generation before them. When you are born does not disqualify you from any singular accomplishment nor should it have an expectation attached to it. Behold the unique person you are. Your past helps to design your future, you can’t really replicate that.