Day to day
by Carolineyesterday on the radio, miller and i talked about the youth generation, since that was the topic of her thesis. (unlike my thesis, hers is done. haha now on top of my thesis i have a pile of resentment!) we are a generation of low patience, believing it is realistic to want to “get rich quick,” and feeling that — due to the enablement of forums like livejournal — our thoughts should always be listened to with interest.
what seems to manifest itself in a place like beloit is that our generation follows a less-conventional version of what it means to succeed. if you asked me at the beginning of college what i wanted to be, i would have said a math professor or even a high-school math teacher. if you ask me now, i am living day to day and i want to do something that will make me happy. there is a moment in an episode of sex and the city where a wealthy vogue editor tells sarah jessica parker:
no responses“do you want to know the secret to having it all? stop expecting it to look the way you thought it would.”