I was reading this Forbes article just a moment ago that was talking about my generation and how our attitudes toward ownership makes the future of the housing market look grim!
Honestly this does not surprise me at all. It is hard for me to imagine that my friends and peers think much different from myself. That means that if they are thinking like I do then they know fully well that their lives for the next 20-30 years are going to be completely different from their parents and grandparents first 40-50 years. We as young Americans can already see how ridiculous an idea it is that we will be able to just go out and get a job at 25, buy a house, get a couple of cars, and raise our families. We know that is not how our lives will work because humans have evolved past that. We aren't lazy anymore. So many of us have been diagnosed with ADD and ADHD because our parents were terrified of our independent and free spirited nature. Yet, we cannot hide from it. That is simple who and what we are. As humanity evolves people become less and less dependent on those that they have grown up around. We don't have the strong hometown pride or the drive to participate in the neighborhood picnic that was the community social event of the season fifteen years ago.
Why have we pulled away from this?
Because we are more flexible now. Many of us have had great opportunities to see the world and become a part of many different societies, learn about many different cultures, and by doing this we've noticed that in our future we won't want to just buy a house in one city. Rather, we know that in order to be competitive we will be forced to explore various careers and always keep our option to better ourselves open.
Our parents view this as a dangerous ideology because to them flexibility is so foreign that they build up prejudices to the idea. Often they have attempted to beat this personality out of us like their beat new personalities out of them. Well instead of being beat down by this a growing number of us are just more inspired.
These trends of youth turning away from the family unit and to third parties for help and advice is speeding up the rate of mental evolution. Children are quickly learning that there is no set way to solve a problem, but instead there are many different ways. They are growing in their ability to rationalize and determine what the best course of action is. And they are finding that life is not easy, but it can be fun.
The article in Forbes said that more than any generation studied ever before, our generation values its ability to have a good time regardless of the circumstances. This is right! Why should we worry when we don't have too! Worrying all the time did absolutely nothing for our parents generation except destroyed it. You remember all those late nights were mom and dad fought over how even though they were both working there was no way for them to pay the mortgage that month.
Our generation saw that almost every night. Let me rephrase that to avoid severe generalization. 'Some of our generation saw that almost every night' and knowing that why would they dream like their parents of the day they can own their own house? Simply put! They won't!
Many of us really don't want to even think about owning a house. I know that is a far off idea to me! Why? Because I'd rather be free to change my life anytime I need too than fret over how I can sell the house.
Don't get me wrong. This does not mean that I and my generation disdain the very thought of owning a house. This means that many of us disdain the way our parents bought them. For example: I would love to own a house. But why would I want one now? No I don't care at all for the idea of settling into a worthless career, with a worthless family, and a worthless house. I know that the chances are I have at least forty good years of work left before I die. A lot can be accomplished in just twenty of those years. So the thought of buying a house before I'm forty-five is stupid to me. At forty-five my children will be raised yes. At that age my career will be stable, yes! At that age my mind will have developed as far as it can go before it begins to deteriorate, yes. That is the time when having a home could begin to be important. Never before that! And that is why I think my generation is going to take some time to rebuild the bubble.
The thing that I think is most interesting is that anyone wants to rebuild this bubble. I mean, I know millions of people made bank off of construction and sales, but don't we learn from our mistakes ever? I would rather see people investing in making the living environments we already have more livable than trying to continue selling more and more. Let us take care what is important first. The rest will fix itself given time.
Honestly this does not surprise me at all. It is hard for me to imagine that my friends and peers think much different from myself. That means that if they are thinking like I do then they know fully well that their lives for the next 20-30 years are going to be completely different from their parents and grandparents first 40-50 years. We as young Americans can already see how ridiculous an idea it is that we will be able to just go out and get a job at 25, buy a house, get a couple of cars, and raise our families. We know that is not how our lives will work because humans have evolved past that. We aren't lazy anymore. So many of us have been diagnosed with ADD and ADHD because our parents were terrified of our independent and free spirited nature. Yet, we cannot hide from it. That is simple who and what we are. As humanity evolves people become less and less dependent on those that they have grown up around. We don't have the strong hometown pride or the drive to participate in the neighborhood picnic that was the community social event of the season fifteen years ago.
Why have we pulled away from this?
Because we are more flexible now. Many of us have had great opportunities to see the world and become a part of many different societies, learn about many different cultures, and by doing this we've noticed that in our future we won't want to just buy a house in one city. Rather, we know that in order to be competitive we will be forced to explore various careers and always keep our option to better ourselves open.
Our parents view this as a dangerous ideology because to them flexibility is so foreign that they build up prejudices to the idea. Often they have attempted to beat this personality out of us like their beat new personalities out of them. Well instead of being beat down by this a growing number of us are just more inspired.
These trends of youth turning away from the family unit and to third parties for help and advice is speeding up the rate of mental evolution. Children are quickly learning that there is no set way to solve a problem, but instead there are many different ways. They are growing in their ability to rationalize and determine what the best course of action is. And they are finding that life is not easy, but it can be fun.
The article in Forbes said that more than any generation studied ever before, our generation values its ability to have a good time regardless of the circumstances. This is right! Why should we worry when we don't have too! Worrying all the time did absolutely nothing for our parents generation except destroyed it. You remember all those late nights were mom and dad fought over how even though they were both working there was no way for them to pay the mortgage that month.
Our generation saw that almost every night. Let me rephrase that to avoid severe generalization. 'Some of our generation saw that almost every night' and knowing that why would they dream like their parents of the day they can own their own house? Simply put! They won't!
Many of us really don't want to even think about owning a house. I know that is a far off idea to me! Why? Because I'd rather be free to change my life anytime I need too than fret over how I can sell the house.
Don't get me wrong. This does not mean that I and my generation disdain the very thought of owning a house. This means that many of us disdain the way our parents bought them. For example: I would love to own a house. But why would I want one now? No I don't care at all for the idea of settling into a worthless career, with a worthless family, and a worthless house. I know that the chances are I have at least forty good years of work left before I die. A lot can be accomplished in just twenty of those years. So the thought of buying a house before I'm forty-five is stupid to me. At forty-five my children will be raised yes. At that age my career will be stable, yes! At that age my mind will have developed as far as it can go before it begins to deteriorate, yes. That is the time when having a home could begin to be important. Never before that! And that is why I think my generation is going to take some time to rebuild the bubble.
The thing that I think is most interesting is that anyone wants to rebuild this bubble. I mean, I know millions of people made bank off of construction and sales, but don't we learn from our mistakes ever? I would rather see people investing in making the living environments we already have more livable than trying to continue selling more and more. Let us take care what is important first. The rest will fix itself given time.
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