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All tagged millennial
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Chicago: Brunch and Gentrification
“Yeah, the library looks nice, but the projects are on top”.
“What? You mean, like lower income…on top of a library?”
“The neighborhood wasn’t too happy about it”.
“Ah, maybe the homeowners, but it looks like a nice spot to relax and read a book”.
Elizabeth Warren: On the Right Track
“The Massachusetts Senator announced today that she had developed a plan to forgive about 95% of student loan debt, that is $50,000 of debt per household earning less than $100,000 per year. She also wants to implement tuition-free college through taxing the wealthiest households and corporations in America.”
Ignorance, Violence, and Mental Health
“I spent two hours arguing with a father of an ER patient. The mother of the 13 year old brought her into the ER for throwing her own feces at her siblings. I thought to myself, well, this is gonna be an easy one. She’s getting committed, but things went south once her father arrived.” [405 more words]
Burnout: I can get out of bed, but I drink to kill the anxiety I experience at work after work.
We’ve all been there. Either it’s a job we dislike, a terrible boss, or simply too much work. Burnout is a major factor for the millennial generation and it’s making us miserable. There’s a severe lack of work-life balance and for those of us salaried employees, we’re often expected to answer calls, texts, and other problems, way outside of our working hours.
Anxiety: Ubiquitous Technology Increasing; What do we do?
With the prevalence of smartphones and instant gratification, anxiety is becoming more and more common among millennial and future generations. Smartphones allow for us to look up nearly anything available to human knowledge in a few seconds. An unread text message, a ‘read’ text, but no response. These are causing us to develop new avoidance behaviors from ghosting, ignoring friends, and skipping out on social events. At this point, why even read the text if it’s going to cause you harm?