Millennial Me

Adulting On My Own Terms

- Debby Kwong

Google the term "millennials" and the search results will tell you it’s a synonym for Generation Y, people born between 1981 and 1996. I was born in 1988, so I’m at the midpoint. Does that make me the most accurate representation of a millennial?

I’ve taken quizzes on Buzzfeed, The New York Times and The Guardian, and my results always say I’m Generation X. Why? I grew up recording songs onto cassette tapes, watching Disney’s "Aladdin" on VHS tapes, saving Microsoft Word documents onto floppy disks, knowing the pains of dial-up Internet and shouting “Mom!” when she picked up the phone and interrupted my connection, using a clamshell mobile phone, and going to Video Ezy to rent the latest blockbuster DVDs. These are experiences that my cousins born in the early 90s didn’t have.