Awaken Your Inner Gaia

Our Time To Be Alive

Dude, our generation has a lot to experience. Also known as Generation Y, Generation Einstein, the iGeneration, the "rear end" of the MTV Generation, we are the Millennials (all those born between 1982-1996. Not to be confused with Generation Z, 1996-2001, the Neo-Disneys). Like the GI Generation (1901-1924), we are the "civic heroes" of the world according to Strauss and Howe's list and book Generations.

Doesn't that alone get you pumped?

And just think about it for a sec.; there is this life changing "war" going on, technology is booming (I mean, MC Lars said it best in his song, iGeneration, "this is the internet generation"), and everyday there is more to know.

The world, as I write, is creating a natural, evolutionary revolution! Every generation has their call to arms, and this is ours: adapting to change. We are right at the age where we weren't born with all this, and we aren't too old to understand it all. With all this change, only the best will survive.

Though as Millennials, we have this awful rep: Millennials have a reputation for being peer oriented and seeking instant gratification. Businesses are scared to hire us because of this! Even 60 Minutes created a warning to the world about us(Part 1)(Part 2)! But something nice to grind your teeth on, fellow Millennials out there, like the WW2 babies (Baby Boomers), we as Cold War babies, are almost equal in numbers (Baby boomers have 76 million, we have 70 million).

What gets me started on this, is that I, along with my fellow Team Gaia members, have been watching I Love the New Millennium on VH1. And it reminded me of all the change we are going through, and really makes me just want to say, "This is our time. Bring it on."

The name of this blog is on the tip of my tongue...

Ok so check out this awesome article from the boston globe…
(This article is interesting, I swear)

Now that I assume you have clicked on the link…
Even though you might not suffer from amnesia, I think this is a HUUUGE piece of medical history. It puts the brain in a funky state.

Imagine your brain is a messy desk. Unopened mail and scattered pieces of junk are everywhere. One letter in your unopened mail is…well, let’s say it’s your tax return. You know that something important is in that pile and you try to remember what it is, but you never knew it in the first place because it is bundled into a folder that may be called Importatnt Stuff to Remember versus _Tax Returns_. This is my own version of the metaphor, better explained by the article.

In the brain, things aren’t organized such as “The Tony Hawk file.” They’re organized as “Everything I’ve ever known about extreme sports.” And Tony Hawk might be in there, you just may have forgotten about his story – that simple.