I read an article yesterday in the Huffington Post that was the very best explanation of why Generation Y Yuppies are unhappy. (Generation Y is the generation born between the late 1970s and the mid 1990s.) To begin, the author explained the term GYPSY as Gen Y Protagonists & Special Yuppies. Interesting, yes… but what enticed me to read the full article was an equation that appeared near the top of the page:
Let that soak in…
I figure we have all experienced some life event with a GYPSY. In part, here’s how the blogger described them:
“The GYPSY needs a lot more from a career than a nice green lawn of prosperity and security. The fact is, a green lawn isn’t quite exceptional or unique enough for a GYPSY. Each individual GYPSY thinks that he or she is destined for something even better — a shiny unicorn on top of the flowery lawn.”
Or basically… what happens when expectations exceed reality. I’m guessing that when the unicorns are on a flowery lawn surrounded by fluffy rainbows and butterflies flitting around pink gumdrops and magic mushrooms, that would indicate that reality (in the above equation) is a big, fat, hairy ZERO, and “expectations” total a nice round number like a BAJILLION. In this instance, the sum total would be an inflated version of one’s own existence — and everybody knows that will never equal “happiness.”