Why you need to have a plan for life, especially if you're a millennial

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

A plan for life is something that every person should make. Especially those who are representatives of generation Y. Why and why - we'll talk in the article.

Reason 1. The plan motivates you to stop being an adult

All children, except for one and only child in the world, grow up sooner or later.

James Barry "Peter Pan"

Generation Y is also called the Peter Pan generation, and in psychology there is a syndrome of the same name. Millennials, in comparison with previous generations, are in no hurry to grow up; among them, the phenomenon of “kidding” is widespread (kidalt - an adult child, short for the English words kid - a child and adult - an adult). They stay in parental homes longer than other generations, notes American sociologist Kathleen Shaputis.

You can put off growing up for a long time, but sooner or later you will have to grow up. And the sooner you make a plan for life, clearly define everything that you want to achieve, the sooner you will understand that time is running out every minute, and childhood is long over.

Reason 2. You are not going to grow old, but that does not mean that you will not grow old

You can easily agree to a "black" salary or even decide to become a freelance artist and freelance. Well, who, tell me, at the age of 20, thinks about the amount of his future pension?

The lamentations of neighbors' grandmothers about queues and neglect in hospitals will never concern you. You will never go to the district clinic, but will use the services of client-oriented private medical clinics.

Dreams that may have no counterpart in reality. If you plan to be financially independent in your old age, then in your youth you will have to work hard. So go ahead, make a plan for life, paying special attention to its economic part, and get down to business.

Reason 3. Most millennials can't hope for help from their kids because they just don't plan on having them

In 1992, Stuart Friedman, professor of management at the Wharton School of Business, became a father and spent on figuring out how to successfully balance work and family life. Analyzing the results, he noticed that the overwhelming majority (78%) of the representatives of the X generation note that they are planning to have children.

Twenty years later, in 2012, he conducted a similar study, but with a new generation of students. He was shocked by the results: less than half of millennials said they planned to have children. The percentage of students planning to have children has dropped from 78 to 42 in just 20 years.

Your grandparents have your parents. Your parents have you. And you will have … who?

As Stuart Friedman points out, most millennials do not plan on having children because they have no idea how they will combine careers and childcare. Perhaps they just lump up all their fears and forget that they are not the first and not the last people to face this. If you have a clear plan, and with it a clear idea of all your life stages, then you will understand how to combine your career and parenting responsibilities, and much more so that one does not interfere with the other.

Reason 4. A plan will help you not get lost in the sea of options

The age of continuous development of information technology has opened up many opportunities for people, especially young people. Surely, when you tell your parents that tomorrow you have an interview for the position of an SMM manager, content marketer or SEO-optimizer, they look round and ask them to explain what the responsibilities of these unfamiliar specialists are.

Numerous courses, many of which can be taken online, help you master a completely new profession that may be radically different from your major at university. There are tons of options in front of you. Many are not enough, and most do not see this as a particular problem.

But young people are lost. They cannot choose one thing, and as a result there is a risk of not choosing anything. They are afraid to make a mistake, burn out and let the tail of luck out of their hands, barely having time to grab it. Such fears are often suffered by people who make ill-considered decisions.

With a plan, choosing a professional path becomes less painful. You know what you want to get out of life, what other goals, besides professional, you want to achieve. You do not scatter, but directly, without hesitation and doubt, go to your goal. As one song says, "someone who has a good life plan is unlikely to think about anything else." And this is true.

In three words: you need a plan. Even if you are still a student who does not yet have children, work and separate housing. No, even so: ESPECIALLY if you are a student who does not yet have children, work and separate housing.

How to draw up this plan is a completely different story.