<\/span>Doing things you don\u2019t want to do because you have to is noble, doing things you don\u2019t want to do because you\u2019re supposed to is stupid.\u00a0 Millennials have realized this and perhaps that\u2019s what older generations are calling \u201centitlement\u201d.\u00a0 When the previous generation entered the job force, they were at a distinct advantage.\u00a0 They could work their butts off at a job and be promoted based on merit,\u00a0 the minimum wage was WAY higher in comparison to the standard cost of living, there were retirement benefits that provided a reason to stay at a job.\u00a0 Those things largely don\u2019t exist anymore.<\/p>\n

$\"My$

My mantra: Travel More Work Less<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/span>Sure, it would be way harder to say \u201cscrew it\u201d to real life if there were an easy path to success, but those days are behind us.\u00a0 Now you have an entire generation who were fed the outright lie that \u201cas long as you\u2019re in school and get a degree in anything, then you\u2019re ahead of the game.\u201d\u00a0 We are forced to adapt to a different set of rules, and there is a certain freedom in that.\u00a0 When your options are to work a job you don\u2019t care about for years and make barely enough to stay afloat, or travel around the world working odd jobs here and there and barely stay afloat, the choice is a simple one.<\/p>\n

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I deserve this.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/span>We are entitled because we can be.<\/strong>

<\/span>What we call the \u201ctraditional\u201d path to success is no where near a guarantee any more and world travel is no longer reserved for retirement.\u00a0 More Millennials are traveling now because they can.\u00a0 The more we travel, the more we see of the world.\u00a0 The more we see of the world, the more we realize that there are certain areas in which America is noticeably behind her peers.\u00a0 Now I’ve experienced enough to know that my nose belongs in a glass of champagne, not anywhere near a grindstone.<\/span><\/p>\n

$\"Champagne$
Champagne Life on a Boone’s Farm budget.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/span>First, we need to figure out the difference in an “entitlement” and feeling falsely entitled.\u00a0 There are some things we are right to feel entitled to. We think we are entitled to affordable health care because we are, because every other developed nation is, because there\u2019s no reason not to be.\u00a0 We will get better when we demand better.\u00a0 What older generations of Americans call \u201centitlement\u201d the rest of the world calls \u201cbasic human rights.\u201d\u00a0 We think we are entitled to make a living wage working a full time job, any full time job, because most other developed nations do and there is no reason we can\u2019t or shouldn\u2019t.\u00a0 We are entitled to an affordable (or dare I say free) education, because most other developed nations offer this, and there\u2019s no reason we shouldn\u2019t too.\u00a0 We are entitled to a reasonable amount of time off.\u00a0 Perhaps after spending the last 20-30 years hearing that we live in the freest, richest, strongest, and over all best country in the world, we do feel entitled to some of the benefits of that.<\/p>\n
$\"Floating$
Floating in a Blue Lagoon<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/span>It\u2019s much easier to feed people the notion of being born into the best possible circumstances by virtue of location, when they haven\u2019t seen anywhere else.\u00a0 We visit Canada, or Western Europe, or Australia.\u00a0 We meet the people, we form friendships, and we see that they have it better than us.\u00a0 They are freer, they have more rights, their rights are protected, and largely they have a much higher standard of living.\u00a0 Most importantly, they\u2019re happier.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Isn\u2019t happiness the ultimate goal?\u00a0 What do you want with all of that financial security if not the promise of freedom and thereby happiness down the road?\u00a0 When those securities fail and there is no guarantee of freedom or happiness no matter how far down the road you look, then who\u2019s to blame for taking action to secure a bit now? \u00a0

<\/span>I know, the previous generations had their trials and tribulations.\u00a0 They scraped and saved too.\u00a0 They had to work 3 jobs to make their way through school so that their families could have a better life, but their hard work paid off in ways ours usually does not.\u00a0 And why would anyone want their children to face the same hardships and injustices they did?<\/p>\n
$\"Not$
Not a bad day at the office<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/span>The cost of medical care in America has risen astronomically.\u00a0 The American minimum wage has remained largely stagnant despite the rapidly rising costs of living.\u00a0 Americans are expected to work more hours with less time off than ever.\u00a0 A formal education in America is the most expensive in the world, yet ranks around 36th in quality and is only getting worse.\u00a0 Yet, saying that anything should be done to remedy these numbers, is a sure sign that you\u2019re an entitled Millennial looking for a handout. \u00a0

The fact is, the previous generations had less expensive healthcare, better jobs with higher wages, and a better, more affordable education.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t have these things because they worked harder and sacrificed more.\u00a0 They had these things because they were ENTITLED to them.\u00a0

<\/span>It is completely unreasonable for an entire generation to be labeled as \u201centitled\u201d for not choosing to share in the struggles of a previous generation that refuses to fight for us to share in their advantages too.<\/strong><\/p>\n
$\"This$ <\/p>\n
This is me literally right now as I write this… Why would I choose an office job?<\/p>\n

<\/span>The cat\u2019s out of the bag now.\u00a0 We\u2019ve traveled too far and seen too much.\u00a0 We want what the rest of the world has and I\u2019m confident that eventually we will implement the change necessary to get it.\u00a0 In the meantime, it would be helpful if our fellow American\u2019s joined the cause instead of calling us entitled brats for attempting to change a broken system for the better.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0I am entirely sick of this \u201centitled Millennial\u201d BS.\u00a0 Millennials are certainly not the first generation that their predecessors have decided weren\u2019t quite up to snuff and in a few years I\u2019m sure our children won\u2019t understand our struggles or how those struggles have made us somehow superior to them, what with their time traveling […]<\/p>\n
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