We are The Xennials
We were born in the 40's-50's-60's.We grew up in the 50-60-70's.
We studied in the 60-70-80's.
We were dating in the 60's-70-80-90's.
We got married and discovered the world in the 60-70-80-90's.
We venture into the 80-90.
We stabilized in the 2000s.
We got wiser in the 2010s.
And we are going firmly through and beyond 2020.
Turns out we've lived through EIGHT different decades...
TWO different centuries...
TWO different millennia...
We have gone from the telephone with an operator for long-distance calls to video calls to anywhere in the world,
We have gone from slides to YouTube, from vinyl records to online music, from handwritten letters to email and Whatsapp."
From live programs on the radio, to black and white TV, and then to HD TV.
We went to the Video store and now we watch Netflix.
We got to know the first computers, punch cards, diskettes and now we have gigabytes and megabytes in hand on our cell phones or IPad.
We wore shorts throughout our childhood and then long pants, oxfords, Bermuda shorts, etc.
We dodged infantile paralysis, meningitis, polio, H1N1 flu and now Sars COV-19.
We rode skates, tricycles, invented cars, bicycles, mopeds, gasoline or diesel cars and now we ride hybrids or 100% electric.
Yes, we've been through a lot but what a great life we've had!
They could describe us as “exennials”; people who have had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood.
We have “Seen-It-All”!
Our generation has literally lived through and witnessed more than any other in every dimension of life.
It is our generation that has literally adapted to “CHANGE”.
A big round of applause to all the members of a very special generation.
When you look...it's already six in the afternoon; when you look...it's already Friday; when one looks...the month is over,
When one looks...the year is over; when one looks...50, 60 and 70 years have passed!
When you look...we no longer know where our friends have gone.
When you look...we maybe lost the love of our life and now, it's too late to go back.
SO…
Do not stop doing something you like due to lack of time.
Do not stop having someone by your side. Your children will soon not be yours and you will have to do something with that remaining time, where the only thing that we are going to miss will be the space that can only be enjoyed with the usual friends.
The time , which unfortunately, never returns...
*The day is today!* Carpe Diem ! * (Seize the day!)
*WE ARE NO LONGER AT AN AGE TO POSTPONE ANYTHING.*
Comments (17)
I hope most people can still remember when they were in their prime, most peoples bodies will still remember that time...
I hope most people can still remember when they were in their prime, most peoples bodies will still remember that time...
for me, I'd rather never forget how it felt being 16/17, young and stupid without a care in the world.
But I suppose each to our own, Butch
I am happy that you found the blog useful and made a copy for future reference.
for me, I'd rather never forget how it felt being 16/17, young and stupid without a care in the world.
But I suppose each to our own, Butch
At times i hear of some older relations taking themselves back to when they were kids and acting that way at times, then maturity/reputation steps in and they snap out of it..
Maybe add:
We will be the first and last to survive a nuclear war if this trend carries on as it is.
The modern under 30 children haven't got a clue what life is all about. As the planet degrades and society disintegrates the children will find out what life is about. But then it will be too late for them.
Wonderful blog
Now, we even have AI to eventually be the norm of relationships between people. Hence, websites like this will be passe, old hat, and useless.
Then let us not forget our ability to take perfectly good freaks and turn them into different freaks like those who want sex changes bc they are just tired of the role or body they were born with.
P S...in Texas, we didn't have childhood - we had the Nam...[ .aka Vietnam war.
what's with the different colours, language culture and so on.
But man has pushed us living together, possibly going against the holy ones creation
In my opinion, we should of stuck with Gods plan