Ngaba iMillennials sisipha se-avocado-toast-obsessed cretins abalindele iindebe zokuthatha inxaxheba kunye noncedo lwemali kubazali babo? Okanye ngaba bathwaxwa yimisebenzi enemivuzo ephantsi, ingcinezelo engaguqukiyo ‘yokwenza’ kwi-intanethi nokukhula kokungathembi amaziko angawaphumeleliyo?
Nokuba ukwinkampu okuyo, kuya kufuneka ufumane ulwazi olutsha kuyo Awunakukwazi: Indlela iMillennials eyaba sisiZukulwana sokutshiswa ngu-Anne Helen Petersen.
Uzelwe kwisincoko sakhe seBuzzFeed sikaJanuwari ka-2019, ' Indlela iMillennials eyaba sisizukulwana esitshise ngayo , Andikwazi nokuba ufumana umbhali wenkcubeko kunye nomfundi wangaphambili u-Anne Helen Petersen usebenzisa indibaniselwano yodliwano-ndlebe lwangaphambili kunye nohlalutyo olucacileyo lokuhlola indlela i-millennials efikile ngayo kweli nqanaba-kwaye apho sisuka khona apha.
U-Petersen uqhube amawaka odliwano-ndlebe kunye newaka leminyaka kulo lonke ugqatso, isini, ezoqoqosho kunye nezakhono, kunye neziphumo zakhe zigxile kumbono wokuba nokuba zeziphi na ezo zinto, amawakawaka eminyaka afumana uhlobo olulodwa lokudinwa, olubangelwa siqhwithi esigqibeleleyo soqoqosho lwegig, ukwenza imali kwizinto zokuzonwabisa, i-intanethi (i-Instagram, ngokukodwa) kunye noxinzelelo lokuhlala uhamba, ubona kwaye ubonwa. Wazisa uCaitlin, ibhinqa elichonga njengeentlanga ezimbini kwaye wakhulela kwidolophu yaseWashington, D.C., ngeminyaka yoo-1980. Ndaqala ukuziva ndixakekile ndineminyaka esixhenxe, uCaitlin uxelela uPetersen. Nangona iintsuku zakhe zokuqubha, i-T-ball, iklasi yobugcisa kunye nezinye izifundo zasemva kwesikolo zisemva kwakhe, iziphumo zobuntwana bakhe obuxhaphakileyo zisekho: Njengomntu omdala, ndiye ndaqaphela ukuba ndiba noxinzelelo xa ndingenzi nto, utshilo uCaitlin. Ndiziva ndinetyala ngokuzipholela nje. Nasekholejini, ndazifumana ndifuna ukuthatha iiyunithi ezilishumi elinesibhozo ukuya kwishumi elinesithoba kwisiqingatha sonyaka, ndibe nomsebenzi wekhampasi, ndijoyine iiklabhu, amavolontiya, ndisebenze kwimidlalo yeqonga kunye nomculo, kwaye bendisaziva ngathi andenzi ngokwaneleyo.
Nangona evuma ukuba isizukulwana ngasinye siye safumana ubunzima (esona sibizwa ngokuba 'sesona sizukulwana sikhulu,' umzekelo sasinoxinzelelo lwengqondo kunye noMthetho oYilwayo weGI), abamawakawaka kuye kwafuneka badibane nokudityaniswa kwemiqobo kunye nemiqobo, kubandakanya nengxaki yemali ka-2008. , ukuhla kwabakumgangatho ophakathi kunye nokunyuka kwepesenti yesi-1 kunye nokuwohloka okuzinzile kwemibutho yabasebenzi kunye nozinzo, umsebenzi osisigxina.
Njengoko kwincwadi yakhe ka-2017 Ukutyeba kakhulu, ukuVila, ukungxola kakhulu , uPetersen uzibonakalisa ukuba ungumgxeki wenkcubeko ogxekayo, nangona ekwaqaphela ukuba akukho nto ingako yokusombulula iingxaki zesizukulwana sangoku. Njengoko wabhala kwisiqwenga sakhe sokuqala, Ingxaki ngokudinwa ngokupheleleyo, kukudinwa kukuba akukho sisombululo kuyo. Awunakuyenza ukuba iphele ngokukhawuleza. Awunakuyibona isiza njengengqele kwaye uqale ukuthatha inguqulelo yokuthintela ukutshiswa kweAirborne. Eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokuqalisa ukuyinyanga, uyaqikelela, ukuqala ukuyivuma nokuthetha ngayo njengesigulo esinganyangekiyo kunesigulo sexesha elifutshane. UPetersen ngokwakhe uyazithuthuzela ekuqiqeni ukuba, Akuyongxaki endinokuyicombulula, kodwa yinyani endinokuyivuma, i-paradigm apho ndinokuqonda izenzo zam.
Incwadi yabhalwa-ngokucacileyo-phambi kokuba i-COVID-19 ibe mandundu uninzi lwale miba (ngokukodwa, ukuqiniseka komsebenzi, ukungabikho kokhathalelo lwempilo jikelele kunye nengxaki yokukhathalela abantwana ehlala isanda). Kwaye, nangona uPetersen esenza inkuthalo yakhe emele iqela elahlukileyo, ukwaphawula ukuba uninzi lweendlela zokuziphatha ezibalelwa kwimileniyam zizimo zokuziphatha kweqela elithile labantu abamhlophe, ubukhulu becala abakumgangatho ophakathi abazelwe phakathi ko-1981 no-1996.
Ekugqibeleni, Andikwazi nokuba uziva cathartic kungakhathaliseki ubudala bakho. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, asingekhe sichaphazeleke kwimigibe ye-FOMO, iingxangxasi ezisecaleni kunye nemigibe yonxano? Ngaba sonke asenzanga konke okusemandleni ethu ukuba—sirhoxe—siqhubeke ukukhula ?
