I'm an "old" millennial: 37. I was born in 1981. I've got a lot of the same characteristics of Gen X before me and also a lot of the Millennial characteristics too.
My mother didn't push push push me into sports and everything. We had scouts, art classes, and some structured play, but nothing like kids these days do. But school. School was HIGHLY structured and I fit in like really well with the whole system. There was a time to come in, a time to have class, a time for recess, a time for lunch, a time for more class, and then a time to go home. University changed that. Yeah, I had classes and had to do homework, but mostly it was unstructured.
Now, I have work with meetings and then swathes of time that I spend doing things. Things that are again, unstructured and non-creative (at this point). Most of my time is figuring out what people want as far as their changes go. I don't mind it, but I wish things were a bit more structured.
It really kicks my butt when I have unstructured time sometimes. And yeah, I need guidance. I hate that I do.
And my job is such that things come in and I have to be on it seems all the damn time. I have a work phone. I *hate* it. I hate being on call. I hate that my boss goes "oh yeah, you can structure your time however you want". I hate that I can work from home if I choose.
Maybe I'd be better served in a job somewhere that I can't take the computer or phone home. Maybe I'm weird.
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Date: 2019-01-05 10:06 pm (UTC)But yeah, this article really hits home.
I'm an "old" millennial: 37. I was born in 1981. I've got a lot of the same characteristics of Gen X before me and also a lot of the Millennial characteristics too.
My mother didn't push push push me into sports and everything. We had scouts, art classes, and some structured play, but nothing like kids these days do. But school. School was HIGHLY structured and I fit in like really well with the whole system. There was a time to come in, a time to have class, a time for recess, a time for lunch, a time for more class, and then a time to go home. University changed that. Yeah, I had classes and had to do homework, but mostly it was unstructured.
Now, I have work with meetings and then swathes of time that I spend doing things. Things that are again, unstructured and non-creative (at this point). Most of my time is figuring out what people want as far as their changes go. I don't mind it, but I wish things were a bit more structured.
It really kicks my butt when I have unstructured time sometimes. And yeah, I need guidance. I hate that I do.
And my job is such that things come in and I have to be on it seems all the damn time. I have a work phone. I *hate* it. I hate being on call. I hate that my boss goes "oh yeah, you can structure your time however you want". I hate that I can work from home if I choose.
Maybe I'd be better served in a job somewhere that I can't take the computer or phone home. Maybe I'm weird.