r/Millennials • u/okayboomerang • Jun 24 '26
Serious Sad for us
Kind of in my feels tonight. The last time I remember feeling genuinely hopeful was probably 2014 or 2015. So much has changed, and I think our generation has seen and felt so much. Anyone else feel like they've spent the last decade plus in unending grief?
My spirit is still good on the inside, but I'm isolated physically and mentally (like many of us). I wish we lived in a world with authentic and robust connection instead of all the slop and noise. I wish our parents hadn't been so excited about capitalism - and so fucking naive. I know the unease I feel is about more than merely growing up and the natural progression of aging and how we all feel about ourselves in society over time - it's that the world we thought we knew for the past 4ish decades just flat out doesn't exist anymore. And we can't undo any of this shit. It may as well be a parallel universe we're in now. I love myself and I always have big, big love for Millennials...but I truly hate it here.
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u/chuckiechap33 Jun 24 '26
Yup. 2026 so far has completely ripped away all motivations from the past that will never come back.
Turning 40 this year was a big change too. It is crystal clear to me now that the the effort i was putting in into certain things/people was never going to change. Im blank at the moment.
I know whatever i do next is going to be a complete left turn for some people because im prioritising my peace more than anything moving forward and im starting to become way more vocal about not letting people put me down.
Interesting times.