Millennial Musings


Millennial Mondays – Confidence

Millennial Mondays – Confidence

Millennials are accused of being entitled and lazy. It's a super fun stereotype to live with. As a millennial, most of the less than loving stereotypes I have heard do one thing to us... kill our confidence. We are already unsure of ourselves as we enter into...

Millennial Mondays – Stereotype

Millennial Mondays – Stereotype

Humans love stereotyping. We love to put everything in nice neat boxes, to fit everything into a stereotype. We want to make sure we don't have to deal with anything icky or messy, anything we can't easily and quickly define. We love blanket statements, says "well all...

Millennial Mondays – Failure To Launch Syndrome

Millennial Mondays – Failure To Launch Syndrome

Maybe you're already aware of this, but the age of adolescence is getting higher and higher. Some studies say it now extends until 25 years old (source), others are saying 28-30 (source). The stereotypical conversation I hear is, "So and so still lives at home" or,...

Millennial Mondays – Fear

Millennial Mondays – Fear

I jumped out of a plane yesterday. It was terrifyingly amazing. I absolutely loved it.  My wife wanted to get me the gift of skydiving for my 30th birthday present. I have a history of doing mildly dangerous things like this. I played full contact sports in high...

Millennial Mondays – Ageism

Millennial Mondays – Ageism

You can't mention the word millennial without bringing up age. The two go hand in hand. One defines the other. I started writing my book when I was 29 about being given a church at the age of 28. Currently I am 30 and for as long as I can remember age has been a huge...

#Blessed

#Blessed

I think I'll dub this "Millennial Mondays" since it's Monday and I am a Millennial. #thankscaptainobvious Maybe you didn't know what a hashtag was. Maybe your town is the one in Footloose... but instead of dancing, they outlawed the internet... so because of this you...