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I see this group not doing much with their lives. Cell phone addiction, living at home with parents much too long, not dating much, all of which makes me have to ask why.
Why do millennials lack ambition?
A lot of internal and external factors. Me growing up and being born in the 90's I can pretty much explain these reasons why. But I warn you, it's going to be long. But worth it. I will try to be as brief as possible. It may help some people struggling. Now to answer the overall question of why millennials lack ambition is not as simple, but it can be.
1. Familial Status - Those who are rich tend to have it a bit easier financially and socially. But at the same time, relationships are a common flaw for anybody of any status. Those who were born in hierarchy, high class, upper middle, middle, low and poor have differentials at best. Which means it's hard to connect with people who you can't relate to. This get's me to my second point.
2. Social Acceptance - Society is forever changing with views, values, etc. What is considered culturally or religiously acceptable, will often times not be socially acceptable for the majority who are secular people.
3. Personality type - If you are familiar with the MBTI, type temperments, and everything else with personality theory. This is also a big one. How we perceive the world can hold weight on whether or not we will be accepted into our personal lives and interpersonal lives.
4. Values, Faith, Beliefs, Morals, Principals, Views affects who we are - It again aligns with #1,2 & 3. There isn't much you can get out of anything in life if you don't have anything to strive for that meets your values as well as others. It's either one way or the high way. And it affects us as a people. Western society has gone up in smokes, and its affecting other countries as well who have adapted western ideologies.
5. Competition - There is too much unhealthy competition in this world. Those who would like jobs can't get jobs without some type of prejediceness. I know because I had that happened to me. But it would immediately get looked like I'm playing victim. But it has happened. Without a job, and in some cases still living with your parents most people wouldn't date you. You either have a place still at your parents, or end up homeless for however long. That also includes you being broke. If your in the system, they only go by first come, first serve. At the same time, overbooked. Yes, I know about this too. Went through similar situation.
6. Social, Economical, Interpersonal and Familial Conditioning - Parents often lie to their kids, and this can make them to be like hypocrates. The world tells you to be like this or that
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Anonymous(45 Plus)They said these things about my generation too.
What they didn't account for is that people become demotivated in societies that stop rewarding hard work, loyalty, and skills. As people in various Western countries have found, it is harder and harder to earn a living wage. We lived through recession that pushed some people entirely out of the workforce, and made it harder for people of certain ages to compete for jobs that had always been available to them before.
It's hard to tell a millennial to go out and get a job when there are legitimately fewer jobs available for young, less experienced workers, because they are all full of people working below their own level just to survive.
I think the recession tipped the hand to a lot of people who just don't see serving corporate interests as particularly helpful anymore.
I watched a video on this. here is what I got:
1. Their parents told them that they could do whatever they wanted, and their parents did everything for them making them feel like they didn't need to do anything. They thus expected others to do that for them too, treat them like they are extra special and didn't have to do anything to get it.
2. they are trained to be narcissists because their parents conditioned them to think that way.
3. they need validation every 2 seconds to feel important.
4. they think that someone needs to just fall in love with them and do all the work.
836 opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. Do they lack ambition or has the system failed them?
-told to get a degree -> crippling student debt
-told to get a job -> economic downturns made job market incredibly competitive
-told to move out -> mortgage prices are through the roof and good jobs are so scarce that young people are priced out of the market
Because thats all a bunch of bullshit. I work full time as an insurance sales representative before that I was an electrician and before that I went to college. Im still paying off the debt I incurred as a result of attending college but I luckily, unlike many others, do not owe much more at this point. I really can't stomach this pretentious condescending bullshit idea that "millennials"(generation Y by the way...) are spoiled lazy and entitled.. we aren't. Last I checked most of the baby boomers spewing this nonsense (as a dived amd conquer tactic to distract the masses from the actual problem) Grew up during the golden age of American capitilism when unions were strong money had value and at one point was backed by a gold standard to prevent hyperinflation. They went to college for an expense that was far less than what we pay in relation to our total income and the cost of living. They will reap the benefits of social security (a form of SOCIALISM a word they fucking love to throw at our generation) but we won't despite the fact we pay for it. Yes there is a small portion of our population that is ultra radically liberal (thanks to baby boomer hippy era professors) they want to completely change our system and implement socialism on a scale that isn't necessary. Some are entitled yes. Now the majority of the 50% of 18-30 millennials living at home are working. All the time. Some work 2 jobs. They aren't asking for special privileges nobody else has ever had they are asking for a fucking living wage that can keep up with the greed fueled hyperinflation that has made nearly everyonea slave working day in and day out to take home just enough money to pay the bills and return to work. I'm good at what I do but it makes me sick to realize how much more I could ne making and how mucg higher my commission rates could be if I was doing this in 1977. Not to mention how mucg further the money would go back then. The bottom line is no amount of shit talking can undo or cover up the real source of this: greed. Plain and simple. When a drug company can charge 100k for a pill that cures hepatitis C to potentially relieve a fellow human of chronic suffering and a shortened lifespan and it is justified in order to maximize the corporate profits and appease the companies shareholders the victim isn't the drug company or its shareholders the victim is the patient who must incur massive debt (despite having insurance) and pay it off with a 25k/year income.
That's a stereotype, not representative of reality, but it's not the worst ones you hear. Mainly I hear that we are "entitled", scoldingly accused of this by Baby Boomers who are living off government programs and pensions of course. The reality is Millenials are usually as hard working as anyone else, we just live in a basically ruined world. Jobs pay less and are harder to get, and everything costs more. We never received good guidance growing up, and were taught by our Boomer parents that good things would magically happen, so we didn't even start having to work hard until our late teens and sometimes 20s. We were taught you have to go to college to get a job, so we are strapped with debt that also keeps us from getting anywhere. And older generations think we have it so easy. It's the same generational animosity that has been going on since ever. The reality is we are trying to survive We in a dystopia that the richest and greediest of the Baby Boomers created, and are taking the blame for any problems this causes.
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Because society is broken. We don't have mariages, not really. Promiscuity is rampant, taxation high, cost of living higher (their was a time when you could have a house, a car, and provide for your wife and children with one income, now you will struggle to do half of that with two), and faith in our system is broken. Without a strong family unit or draw to one the incentive to produce is reduced, with a system that makes it increasingly more difficult to get a job (increased regulations, the government stepping in and forcing companies to pay more per employee (more benefits means less actual pay as well) reduces the amount of employees they have and thus opportunities to get your foot in the door. Also they made it nearly impossible to work your way up the ladder as all the aptitude tests which use to be available where removed because companies no longer wanted to deal with the red tape as it was viewed as something that could be used for discrimination. This is what drove us to need a degree which itself increased the price of school putting people in debt, then the government came in and made it possible to never be denied a loan and the schools, which should be operating at the lowest costs ever thanks to modern technology, jacked up their prices even more), you now need a degree but in order to do that you need time and substantial amounts of money usually resulting in debt and a dead end job as its not a guarantee of employment. Then the taxation rates and red tape make it difficult to start your own business as well and it makes it very difficult to move forward. Its still possible of course but its so much harder then it use to be and many just don't know how to get around these obstacles so they give up.
The millennial problem is through no fault of their own. Technology has made them dependent and lazy. Personal interaction has been replaced with screen names and avatars. Failed parenting strategies based on telling kids they're special rather than forcing them to adapt and grow has resulted in people unprepared for the perils of the real world. College institutions have increased tuition while simultaneously flushing their own relevance down the toilet via social justice. "Gender studies" is not a degree you're going to get a job with, but it will still happily bog you down with 80 grand in debt. A poor job market for the generation right behind me just getting out of college crippled their earning power. Millennials really just got dealt a bad hand.
I'm gonna have to disagree with @Astroriana on mortgage prices though. I just bought a house and mortgage rates are at a historic low. What does make life difficult is richer people willing to pay cash for a house when you need a loan. Those people always win, but it is possible to get a place with patience and perseverance. Look for a house with good bones, not good trim. Trimmings are easy to fix. Floors are easy to change. Paint is stupid easy to do. Counter tops are easy to do yourself. Make sure it has a good layout, adequate space, a good foundation, all walls above grade, and a roof that isn't going to need to be replaced in less than 5 years. Don't get hung up on stupid shit like the color and the flooring type. That's all fixable. The foundation isn't.-
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False Perception of Reality/Adult World
Instant Gratification/Entitlement/Sheltered Lifestyle
The US is a first world country, millennials are an American/1st World Country Issue I think. I doubt the age range for millennials extended to impoverished countries. Now, with being a first world country the parents of millennials gave their kids the life the parents themselves never had. A life where they got everything they wished, because the parents could! This gave a sense of entitlement.
Social Media, instant gratification super highway. Also a huge ego factory. The companies know how to addict people and implement it into their product. Other forms of instant gratification is porn, food, drugs, free love, alcohol, etc. All these things are bad when abused, most are just bad period, but things like food and alcohol in proper amounts can be good! The important thing to note is that they get this pleasure without having to work for it. Pleasure is given to them with a click of a button.
Now, it isn't their fault, they were dealt a bad hand. Political correctness wasn't their call it was their parents. The parents raised them wrong, but at least now we know we should put our kids into situations where they can learn that hard work is valuable and that the real world is harsh. Do this subtly mind you. They had social media, the internet, political correctness, etc, etc, etc, all put onto them. How can a kid discern that? Now they are older and stuck or realizing what happened, however they were dealt a bad hand if you ask me. I'm not sure which people are millennials.
but i don't really have ambition myself and I don't think it's wrong?
Some people have long term dream, but i don't I can only see what i need to do about tomorrow. Just doing it one step at times, dreaming big hurt you big time.
and i don't see what's wrong living with parents? even when I'm married i still live with my parents for a while? people nowdays need to be teach about parenting and my parents do help me in that part?
not dating... In my country I think it's more due to what woman expectation are too high. They watch movie, tv too much and expect that they find dreamy guys in movie too much, and as you know it only happen in movie. Usually they're realizing it when they're too old.
well some part due to increase in technology? people in old days don't watch tv much so that they focus on dating and outdoor activity for fun. while nowdays if you want to have fun just play games, if you're horny just watch porn, if you're hungry just order a delivery.- Anonymous(30-35)
Who's to say that anyone lacks ambition. How is anyone, but that person alone, can truly say that they lack ambition. Lack ambition towards certain things may be recognizable from the outside but lack of ambition in and of itself, not possible to make such a claim about someone else. Ambition is a strong desire to achieve something. So, you say that you see this group not doing much with their lives. . . according to who? You? Also living at home much too long? Who defines how long is too long? Some cultures never leave. Some cultures the only person that leaves is the woman and only when she is married and then she moves in with her spouses family. So, not living at home with parents is a culture thing and has nothing to do with ambition or "not doing much with their lives". Not dating? How is not dating means they lack ambition in and of itself? Once again you say you see this group not doing much with their lives but you're problem is you are projecting your own desires, your own wants onto them. Which, by the way, you're a millennial too.
You do realize at 26 you are a millenial, right? Millenials do not lack ambition the world has just changed. Medical advancements has meant that boomers are retireing later in life then their parents did and thusly staying in the work place longer. This means fewer job opportunities. On top of this when the boomers entered the work force a Bachelor's degree meant something. A four year degree is the equivelent of what a High School Dimploma was back in the day. It is the normal procession of change it happens with every new generation. Our grandparents ranted and raved about our parents and we will rant and rave about the future generation.
711 opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. I see far more 20-30 year olds (non-millennials) with their face lost in their screens. Living at home with parents until they've been promoted a couple of times because the housing market is insanely expensive.
(easily having to pay $1,000,000 CAD for a mediocre, 3 bedroom house in the semi-boondocks.)
I haven't seen much of the non-dating in any age bracket. Most people I know are dating. The ones who aren't or are fucking chicks while their fiance struggles to get a VISA because she's 'overqualified' are all fobs. So...
globalization, I guess? Asswipes like that acting as role models for the younger crowd of millennials.Because many millenials are trying to fix all the wrong dues of the past generations.
-Careless: We want to keep moving but at our own pace and live life like we want to, we don't want to be in the death bed thinking of the what if.
-Electronics:Yes there is a terrible electronic and games addiction, and I myself don't like it but as long as the gov don't do initiatives to promote say national parks or museums ext and the electronic companies place millions on advertisement this will not change.
-Living at home: is a must for some people now a days. Housing has gone to the roofs, it is just the smart way to go.
-Not dating: that is a bunch of factors. Such Such a debatable subject but we guys know why.
-Work: we have figure out the working systems suck and we don't want them nor approve and we want to change them. Simple as that, we want to take away the slavery type environment of work.Conditions are way different than they are now compared to when my parents where my age.
For starters, hardly anyone can afford to buy a house of their own in London, it just simply costs way too much to own a home. Sure you can move out, but it’s going to make owning a home even more difficult than it already is.
A “cheap” home in London can go for around £450K. What millennial has that money? Especially considering a large amount of jobs now pay way less for way more responsibilities. The jobs that are available now demand too much for too little, whereas the older generation who ask questions like yours do half as much work, get paid 5 times more than us, and can’t even use Excel.
As for cell phone addiction, they’ve only just become what they are... older generations didn’t have cell phones like they make them now. Pretty obvious.The term millennial includes everyone from 80s to the early 2000s, which is when we started getting amazing innovations in technology, so naturally, that became an integrated part of our lives, as it should, since being ignorant of new technology is detrimental with the way we're advancing and putting more importance and responsibility on technology and automated things. As for living at home, I'm not sure what constitutes "too long", but with the economy in the state it is, I can't say it's too surprising, especially for those who don't get a start as a rich kid. I'm not sure why the dating habits of others matters to you, but I say good for them. Anything that keeps people from procreating and contributing to the further destruction of the planet that will someday be our doom.
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Better question is, why do people automatically assume that if you live with your parents "too long" or don't date, that you lack ambition? I know people like to believe we live in magic land where if you snap your fingers, it will happen but that's not realistic. Jobs aren't easy to find or get, an interview doesn't promise you anything (I've had more then I can count on one hand, so I know from experience). Simply, it's hard now and you do what you can until luck finally comes your way. Not to much, sometimes things come up in one's life that need focus and can't be avoided, so they have to postpone their dreams for said amount of time. This is life, it's unpredictable and doesn't always go the way you hope (I know that from experience too)
Also, people who do have quote "ambition" are too glued to their cell phones, I don't see how that's a sign of lacking ambition. And, since when is dating a sign of lack of ambition? What does that even have to do with anything? - Anonymous(18-24)
I’m a 2000 child and I don’t lack ambition at all. This is cuz I was put into sports and activities at toddler age, and was busy almost everyday of the week. So, cuz of this, I didn’t have time to sit on my ass playing on my phone, consoles, etc
Even till today I am busy almost everyday with music, sports, art, etc. Being lazy makes me feel like I’m wasting my life away, and I’m the type of kid who likes to make every day of my life worth something cuz you can’t go back in time -
It's not all of us but in my own experience I would say it's mostly because we do start with a normal amount of ambition but then when we get passed over in a job we're qualified for because someone else was a liitle more smooth talking. Now to your point about living with their parents, as I am only 20 years of age, just starting online college, and looking for a job to support my education, living at home with your parents basically rent free seems to be the most financially stable decision at the moment. "Not dating much": I can't speak for the rest of my generation but I consider myself more career orientated whilst planning for future. What I mean by that is I don't want to get into a relationship, start a family, etc.. without making sure that I have a stable job and am financially secure and am able to provide for and make sure my family is taken care of.
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Its difficult to get a career, difficult to pay anything that you need to pay, difficult to find someone to love when you're in a bad situation. Society isn't getting easier to live in, it's becoming more difficult.
I believe that if you are beyond university and college, then you'll have a much more difficult time finding lobe unless you use online dating, which can be a weird experience.
You're right about the cell phones, people need to get a hobby, and I don't mean video games, that's just fun, I mean something creative, that gives self confidence de and builds a skill -
Because everyones different and they do as they want and have their own personal reason for them points?
Let me put this into perpectice:
1. 'Living at home with parents'
Iv had a flat for 11 months, i lived in it for 2 months had to move out for reasons and iv paid £287 each month which is half of my rent, lesson learnt from moving in with my ex after 1 year. So im back living with my parents.
2. 'Phone addiction'
Oh also i work in IT so im on my phone a lot in my room on my PC or Xbox if im not busy. Plus We are the cyber generation. Technology runs the world and connects the world into one device like a phone...
3. Due to all of that in 1. i dont want to date people at the moment.
But sure im 'lacking ambition'. - 454 opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
If i want to rent a house in a shitty part of a big town itll cost me, minimum, 200 bucks a week, on a part time salary. Leaving me with a hundred bucks out of my pay for bills, food, internet, gas etc etc.
To move out with someone else i have to be sure theyll pull their weight and pay their shit.
If they do, i can afford a nicer place and nicer shit, maybe even take a course.
If they dont im stuck paying more than i can afford.
"Get another job" i currently have 3.
Millenials aren't ambitious? Some of us are, and we get screwed over more than those who aren't. I see nothing BUT millennials working their asses off, full time jobs, full time college, volunteering, doing odd jobs for work experience. I think this anti millennial business is just something that wacked out conservatives have made up to "win the war" against the 'evil left'.
The only people I don't see working hard are either:
A: Rich spoiled kids who are lazy cuz their parents gave them everything
B: Poor people who have been beaten down and have the wrong mentality about life (and you can't blame em cuz that's all you know.)
C: Imaginary millennials who are lazy scumbags. Also they are invisible.
It's propaganda perpetuated by the right wing side of things because they are mad that young people have been moving left.I don't think that's the case for all millennials. But for those who are lazy, I'd say it's a combination of the internet and financial issues. My friend's brother went to medical school + got married before 30. He now owes $540,000 from school and his marriage (which by the way is falling apart). When young, motivated millennials who want to live a normal life and perhaps get a great job see these sorts of numbers, they are likely peacing it.
As for dating... well getting into a relationship is near impossible for most men between 20-25 nowadays. So many instead choose the hook up/commitment-free lifestyle- 1.8K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
1. You're a millennial. Congrats.
2. Unless you want to buy a place in a bad part of town, or buy a mobile home, buying your own home is very expensive. I live north west Atlanta. If you want to buy a home in Kennesaw or Acworth, rock bottom for a nice little house is usually around 100k.
3. The cheapest 1 bedroom apartments are roughly $736 a month if you like living either in a ghetto area or in the poor part of Acworth/Dallas.
4. Millennials were heavily steered towards college, not trades, and the office job sector is very heavily saturated. I needed to get an Accredited Legal Professional certificate to go with my Bachelor's in Political Science and Legal Studies just to get a job doing data entry for $12 an hour.
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