What is it about 20-somethings?

What is it about 20-somethings? This is the title of an article in the New York Times one month ago that a good friend of mine sent me. I must admit, the article is more appropiate than he could ever imagine.
What hits me is the almost obvious lack of an approach where the changes aren't considered abnormal but rather a deeper sense of living life consciously.That's at least what I felt when I read it for the first time.

Here's an interesting quote:

"The traditional cycle seems to have gone off course, as young people remain un­tethered to romantic partners or to permanent homes, going back to school for lack of better options, traveling, avoiding commitments, competing ferociously for unpaid internships or temporary (and often grueling) Teach for America jobs, forestalling the beginning of adult life."

Has it ever crossed their minds that the so-called adults of today don't want to be the adults of the past? That maybe - after seeing so many people (parents, uncles, etc.) with their dreams hidden in a dusty box - they want something different? I don't think hat the twenty-somethings of today remain without ties, I would merely dare to say they have become pickier in a kind of way. It's just not that simple anymore to remain loyal to another person for the rest of your life while you keep on crossing others. The world has become our playground, and it has made our social network so much more exciting and multicultural. It's more difficult to stick to a choice, in several areas.

Traveling, another beautiful side-effect of growing airline companies - sadly but true not really sustainable, at least not when you take the plane - makes your life full of experiences! Traveling opens your mind. At least, when you are open for it!
Don't go to an all-in hotel then with the pool and cocktails available for you every 5 minutes. But traveling, having time for the people you meet. Listen to their stories, eat their food, share life for a little bit. Makes you so much more humble and happy as a person.  
I wanted to write more about this article but then again  -  I've avoided writing on this blog of mine just because of it so I'm kind of loosing the intitial meaning of what this was/is for me.
So that's it, ready for a new post, on a new day.



"Even if some traditional milestones are never reached, one thing is clear: Getting to what we would generally call adulthood is happening later than ever. But why?"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1