Maps of Neverland
So here we'll map out the lives and minds of members of Generation Y, the Peter Pan Generation, to find out what a generation can achieve with a little guidance from each other and a few happy thoughts.
"Ideally, together as a community, we make better maps than any of us could make alone." - John Green
#the side of humanity that doesn’t make me long for nuclear holocaust
Amen. How can we get this to be more common?
(via actnaturally)
IDK, B&J, IDK.
I worked at a Ben & Jerry’s after grad school. I can’t even…
Meet the members of what might be called Generation Limbo: highly educated 20-somethings, whose careers are stuck in neutral, coping with dead-end jobs and listless prospects.
And so they wait: for the economy to turn, for good jobs to materialize, for their lucky break. Some do so bitterly, frustrated that their well-mapped careers have gone astray. Others do so anxiously, wondering how they are going to pay their rent, their school loans, their living expenses — sometimes resorting to once-unthinkable government handouts.
It’s true, we wait. But we don’t always have to.
Like John Green said, find an Ilene, a mentor. Learn what you can from people who are already doing what you want to do and do it better than you. Practice. And if you don’t want to wait for something to come along—start something.
(via charlottehassen)
