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The art of being a millennial

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         For those of you who don’t know, a millennial is considered to be anyone born between the years 1980 and 2000. I was born in 1995, and this means that when I was born, the average millennial was already 15. Pretty large gap for an entire generation, I know. The generation before us is referred to as the Generation X (Gen X), which is why the millennials are also known as Generation Y (most people know us only as that, “ Gen Y kids ”).          But, unfortunately, a lot of journalists, psychologists, and other Gen X people refer to us as “ The Worst Generation ”. Why? Because they attribute to us a few stereotypes, thus diminishing our role in the world and the way we choose to live our lives.          To name a few of those stereotypes, they call us lazy , materialistic and cynical , they claim we only know how to take selfies and we have no idea how to bond with other people, we cann...

The organized student series (part 1)

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With college starting in October and all the hysteria surrounding this occasion, I thought I would share with you guys all the little things that made my student life a bit easier. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am far away from having everything sorted out (I still have those days when I put my keys in my fridge and the milk in my bag), but it has made a notable difference. 1.        Write everything down. The summer break is over, and we have to get our sh*t together, but it seems that our brain refuses to leave the “beach mode”. So, in order to stress as little as possible, help your brain out a little, and write everything on your phone, or on a notebook. “ I don’t need to write that down, I’ll remember it ” is one of the biggest lies you can tell yourself, and more often than not, you will be the only one who has something to lose if you don’t remember that piece of information. I, personally, always carry a notebook with me. I use it as a p...