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As a millennial, I am faced daily with a number of perceived truths about my generation, such as the things I have “killed”—credit cards, divorce, American cheese, print news, ESPN, Applebee’s. But what is hurting my career most is that I want too much, too soon, and I need to pay my dues and stop moving around.
What a pretty picture. Who wouldn’t want to be known as a cultural mass murderer, vegan, and a young upstart with no respect for the way things are or have been?
Yet, what these perceptions often fail to acknowledge are all the positives of my generation. I came of age in a digital world where information and interconnectedness flourished. An age where innocence was lost in seeing the backdrop of a favorite holiday movie sequel crumble in flames, and a job-market decision to scuba down to the bottom of the Marianas trench with James Cameron as soon as I graduated.