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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Weird! You have to be a millennial. I don't mean that as a pejorative but rather you were told all those things. I am a GenXer and was told the best I could hope for was an Associates degree from a Community College and a job as a secretary. My parents expected me to go to college but the details were up to me.

I think it is really damaging to "oversell" life. We all can't be rockstars. Most of life is really boring. My DH is well known in his field and has been on a magazine cover but he hates his job. Jobs are usually boring!! Whether you're a big shot or a worker bee. Being an adult isn't sexy and exciting most of the time. Sorry. You need to find something that makes you happy. Travel? Art? Parties? Hiking? And do it. Life is what you make it.[/quote]

I agree with your assessment here. I am a somewhat older millennial (30). I have a degree from a good school, I have a nice job that pays very well, I own a house, don't want for much, etc. I have the life I dreamed of when I was younger! [b]And yet it seems like - maybe because of social media? - everyone is always doing more, being more. I think it's just this sense of missing out on something but we don't know what or why. I struggle with it, honestly.[/b] 
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There's an episode of the Hidden Brain podcast examining the effect that social media has on our satisfaction with our lives.  I think it validates your struggle.

[url=http://www.npr.org/2017/04/17/524005057/when-it-comes-to-our-lives-on-social-media-theres-always-another-story][b]When it comes to our lives on social media...[/b][/url]

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