Generation Y, does not feel like a good thing...

We are the generation that is labeled as those who crave instant gratification, peer acceptance and having been born on the tail end of GenY, this also makes us borderline GenZ, the internet obsessed and socially detached generation. Ouch, that does not feel good does it? But hey, who is to argue?

I bring this up because I am currently wrestling with my newfound affinity for Facebook. It is like a drug, or the drug dealer more specifically, when work is slow and I have already browsed through Etsy 100 times. It is fascinating to see photos of old friends and oftentimes now, their families. Seems to bring back memories of happy times back on the original Island, a place where the warm breeze always blows and the summers seem to last forever. How can that not be addicting when you are sitting in your windowless office answering the daily barrage of email and feeling that your MightyMouse is your best friend? Not that my office is a bad place to be, trust me. But the windows into old friends lives is a welcome reprieve and every so often you come across an old friend that lives in your city and the chance to reconnect is actually real. Pretty cool really. See, there I go, slowly devolving into GenY, or the iGeneration as some like to say. Our folks generation says things like, 'you could be reading a book or planting your herb garden,' which at the time always feels like 'but there are starving children in Africa, so finish that dinner roll.' But, they are right, our time could be better spent. We could be writing letters in cursive (a lost art), calling our grandparents, knitting gifts for friends, or simply getting an early night and giving our eyes a rest. Sounds pretty good to me, so why it is so hard to unplug?