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  What I Have Learnt from Gen Z Being a Millennial Every generation thinks the next one is a little too much. Too loud. Too sensitive. Too casual. Too impatient. Too rebellious. And maybe every younger generation looks at the older one and quietly wonders: Why did you tolerate so much? I am a millennial, and the more I observe Gen Z, the more I realise something uncomfortable. We spent a lot of our lives trying to adjust. They are spending theirs asking why they should. And perhaps that is one of the biggest differences between us. Before I talk about what I have learnt from them, let me explain briefly who we are talking about. Millennials are generally the generation born roughly between the early 1980s and mid-1990s. Gen Z came after us, roughly from the late 1990s to the early 2010s. We grew up in two very different worlds. Millennials still remember a childhood before smartphones, social media, instant messaging and constant internet access. Gen Z practically grew up with tech...

  What If Starting Over Doesn’t Mean Starting From Zero? There is something about the phrase “starting over” that makes it sound like we have lost everything. As if all the years before this point disappeared. As if the mistakes, heartbreaks, long nights, responsibilities, failures, compromises and small victories suddenly count for nothing. As if we are back at the beginning. Zero. But what if that is not true? What if starting over does not mean going back to the starting line? What if it simply means beginning again — with experience this time? Because the truth is, you can lose a job and still keep your skills. You can leave a relationship and still keep the lessons. You can close a business and still keep the wisdom. You can spend years caring for everyone else and still rediscover the woman underneath all those responsibilities. You may have to begin again. But you are not the same person who began the first time. And that changes everything. The Fear of Having to Begin Agai...