Month: April 2012

You invested significant time and money in education and are today the most credentialed generation yet — but, unlike Boomers’, yours came at a high personal cost.

…. The rules keep changing while you are mid-way through the game. The bedrock principles of Boomers’ financial plans were: (1) A good education will help you get a good job and (2) Putting money into a home is the best way to build the equity for long-term financial security. Both of these rules have failed Generation X…
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It is not the first article that I read about how hard is the life for Gen X. It is quite interesting. So what to do from now? Cry and be depressed? I do not think so. Being in the middle (of Baby boomers and the High-Tech Gens, such as Gen Y) has actually some advantages. We are quick learners and even though we do not make as much money as Baby boomers, I think our hardship is paying off. I think we are much better prepared for overcoming roads on the block and at the end of the day, we are as successful as we believe we are.

After all, “The beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, and I choose beauty and happiness above all of the issues that critics say my Gen X is facing!