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Bah! Whining self centered people. Gen X is not the ME generation, that was the boomers. I’m a Gen X’er and although my twenties didn’t go as planned, my thirties are one heck of a great run (and I still have more years to go). The trick is not to whine and say “I should have had a wife, a 4,000 sq foot home, and 2.3 children by the time I was thirty.” Its to realize what you do have and if you aren’t satisfied change it. Whining about it to Canadian newspapers or making cry-baby plays isn’t going to bring happiness.

Cheers,
CSG

“Its to realize what you do have and if you aren’t satisfied change it”

good point.
Are they going to whine for another 10 years and still be full of angst at 40?

Or will they get busy and shape up?

I’m a Gen X’er and although my twenties didn’t go as planned, my thirties are one heck of a great run (and I still have more years to go).

I wrote something about this the other day, but when I was in my mid-20s, I met a mentally challenged young man while we were working for Wal-Mart. I knew at the time that once my certifications came through (tied up in the bureaucracy at the time), I would be moving on to bigger and better things, though I was feeling pretty sorry for myself with a new college degree and working at Wal-Mart in the meantime.

He, on the other hand, knew that he was working to the fullest of his potential and that he would never be able to handle a job any more challenging than janitor. And yet, he was determined to be the best janitor that Wal-Mart had. He had an enthusiasm for performing his job to the very best of his abilities.

He was and still is an inspiration to me. When I get discouraged about how my life might have turned out differently and possibly better, I remember how he took what life had handed him and through sheer force of will decided to make the best of it.