Are you waking up rushing off to work in despair while asking yourself about your future plans? What about tomorrow? Worrying causes stress both physical and emotional. Do you find yourself staring at your computer at work like with a blank gaze? Daydreaming, disengaged….trying to pick up speed while looking at the younger coworkers ….OH SO HAPPY, ENERGIZED, NETWORKING about anything like Yoga, new iPhone they just purchased, vacation I mean across the border out of the country or the new home they maybe building, starting a new business. Boy, they look like they have it all together looks can be deceiving. The truth is they put a lot of time in behind the scenes…very long long hours…like sleepless nights due to grinding!!! They are young so you remember how we used to burn the candle at both ends!
Well, welcome..let’s just say the millennials are here. Some are your bosses. A new way of direction, so embrace it or fold. You’re possibly thinking it’s time to pack up but if you do, what are your plans afterward? Let’s face it, you must press forward to discover your passion and make a plan!! I say take a class, workshop, volunteer, go to the hospitals, or library, or contact AARP in search of a new horizon. Plenty to do besides allowing stress to defeat you and lower your self-esteem. Do you remember when you began the job market as long as you came to work daily, dependability counted, and eagerness to learn got you that promotion or at least a great review. Yes, that pat-on-the-back team player meant something…they needed you. Job security is a thing of the past. The temp agencies now. Used to be able to count the day you were going to retire and plan your golden years but now some jobs are looking for a younger face so if you are 40 plus… bye-bye!! If you only know how to turn on your computer, log in and read your emails lookout millennials are tech savvy, they are building websites, know what a gigabyte is, and marketing the company’s brand while you're thinking their marketing on the job, I thought you have to go to the market on your lunch break or do that after work. Marketing is a whole new word in the baby boomer's vocabulary. That’s artificial intelligence looking at us and NO, they don’t like to converse, try it call them, chances are no response verbally but you may get a text!!! Oh, you must learn to text if you plan on communicating and use acronyms PLEASE..nothing lengthy it can be looked at as tedious!!! They are benefits of being the friend of millenniums…they really don’t mind teaching you but it’s fast pace so buckle up it’s a lot to absorb and understand so take your Kingolba and buckle up for the ride!!!
While we have much more to do on the job, less money, and longer hours as we grow we are aging faster than you can imagine, tired eyes, bad posture due to sitting all day, and no windows to look out of can cause for long gloomy days of depression, increase bad vision due to daily uses of computers, meetings, meetings, and more meetings!!!! BLAH, BLAH…. keeping up with the JONES may come with a cost$$$ physical, emotional and mental stress!! Take away… the good old days are gone, make the BEST of the nowadays. Get a mentor, make friends with millennials and learn from them like they are computer savvy. They can help to show how to condense that report or put some APPS on your cell phone versus carrying around your Giants, CVS, Weiss, Staples, and Gas Station cards on your key ring. While we show them how to save money or only carry a certain amount instead of them swiping their card for expensive coffee daily..save a penny for a rainy day or teach them how to cook a great meal instead of them thinking sushi or hot wings every night with some candles. They still need us, they do. We have traditional values that can make us valued.. the art of communication. Believe it or not, everyone doesn’t like that annoying Alexa and Sirius voice ,,, press 1 if you…. or we have a very high call volume…many of us in this face pace world still love cards in the mail and to hear a pleasant voice on the other end of the phone. HELLO!!!
After all….WE TAUGHT THEM THEIR NAMES!!!!
So instead of becoming an introvert and distinct take up a passion of yours….walk, swim, dance, yoga, go to the library remember the feel and smell of a book??? Stop thinking your glass is drying out, it’s refillable again and again!!!! You are ENOUGH…..remember Jesus said you can do all things….pick one and get started
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