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Am I a Millennial?

By Jen Richardson | on January 7, 2015 | 1 Comment
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According to Pew Research Centre, Millennial adults are those who were born from 1981-1997. This means I’m technically a Millennial having been born in 1985. Just kidding ’81, I’m 33 now, my Jesus year, expecting to rise up to the challenge of my rivals this year. But am I really a Millennial? Do I really count as one? What’s that all about?

Because of this, I did one of Pew’s quizzes to see just how Millennial I am and it turns out, I’m not quite Millennial due to my dinosaur type traits that I posses.

For example:

  • We have a landline. I only have it though because it made my cable/internet bill $70 cheaper.
  • Speaking of cable, I still watch TV. I love TV. I love commercials. I love not having to think about what I’m going watch. Don’t worry I have Netflix too. I just don’t always like to have to search for things to watch, I like to find them instead.
  • I still have a Yahoo! and a Hotmail email account. And I still use my Hotmail account. I’m sorry, I mean Outlook because Hotmail doesn’t exist anymore. That said I also have a Gmail account, which I’m trying to use more often.
  • I know who Paul McCartney is. I know who all the Beatles are and I know that Paul’s last name is McCartney, not McCarthy. I also know that he’s way more famous than Kanye ever will be.
  • I remember when we got call waiting. It was because my brother had a girlfriend and he was always on the phone. But don’t worry, when we got call waiting he had a new girlfriend and even though the phone would beep to tell him that there was another call on the line, he still didn’t answer.
  • I also remember when we got our first computer. It was a beautiful Commodore 64. This is also how I found out Santa didn’t exist because my brother and I were sneaking and found the computer before Christmas and then mom and dad said Santa gave it to us. Liars. 
  • I didn’t get my first cellphone until I was 21. It was my mom’s cellphone. My dad gave it to me because she didn’t use hers and my 1990 Topaz had broken down on some scary street and I had to flag some old man down who also didn’t have a cellphone which led me to get into his car and get dropped off at a gas station. Super safe if you ask me.
  • I like to talk on the phone. Not always, but sometimes it’s the best.
  • I get overwhelmed sometimes with technical stuff and often choose not to learn how to do things.

So with all this, it leads be to believe that I’m not truly a Millennial. But maybe I am, because:

  • I’m a multi-tasker to the max.
  • And, Super socially connected. Twitstagrambook. Etc.
  • And, I require instant gratification all the time.
  • And, work-life balance is a key factor for me.
  • And, teamwork makes the dreamwork.
  • And I like to have complete transparency with my employers and am very focused on my career advancement.

AND I don’t know. I’m so confused. Maybe I’m bi-lennial or an XY mix? Is that a thing?

 

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