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Paula Wetzel's avatar

So the discussion of the "unlearning" that us 90s teens have to do reminded me of a conversation I had with my 9-year-old son the other day. He's having a hard time with the world in general (same, who can blame him, we all are, etc), and I was trying to relate to him by telling him that I had a hard time as a kid because I got bullied a lot. After waiting a beat or two, he said, "I've know about bullying, but I thought that was something that only happened in TV shows." That comment slammed into my brain like a freight train. I feel like my kid is growing up on a different planet than the one I grew up on.

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Laura's avatar

I am in architecture, not in media, but this sentence really resonated with me.

"So what I realized was that, in the context of being a late bloomer, BuzzFeed was the thing that I had been conditioned to want, career-wise, but that actually was not right for me."

I have been thinking a lot about what we are conditioned to want in our careers and why I feel so far behind. I did a lot of work that sounds cool and impressive! But the thought of doing it for the rest of my career filled me with dread. So I guess I'm still trying to find a little niche that I can bloom in. I'm in my mid 30's so hopefully I still have time.

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