The Roadmap

The roadmap.

Society presents us with a roadmap at an early age outlining all its expectations. From schooling, to careers, to relationships, to parenthood and even appropriate housing, it seems to have it all mapped out for us ahead of time. 

If we are accommodating by nature we travel along asking very few questions. In fact, often times we don't even consider that we should be asking. 

As much as millenials get a bad rap in the media, I find myself secretly envious of the path 
many of them choose. They don't seem so locked into the predetermined roadmap of my generation. The 
pursuit of the almighty dollar doesn't seem so pervasive. 

Unlike my generation who was never quite content with the "starter home," and moved quickly up to the McMansion, they have found that a smaller home frees them up to do the things they really want to do. Rather than put every dime into the upkeep of a home, why not travel instead?

Tired of that corporate job? Why not start your own online business, and make time for the things you really enjoy?  One such business is Wander Life Coconut Creamer. The founder, Kat is a friend of one of my daughter's close friends. Kat combined her love of travel with her need for a dairy-free creamer. Not one available? No problem. Create, manufacture and market one on your own. Kat even downsized from a small home to and even smaller apartment to free up income for travel. She offices out of her apartment, and leases space in a commercial kitchen to create her product. 

She seems quite content with this life she has crafted, and has no regrets about leaving the corporate world. It was a rare baby boomer that ventured out past the safety net the corporate world, the hospital or the classroom provided. The idea of being able to design your own life was quite foreign. 

I wish this generation all the luck in the world as they begin to make their mark, and think that they may have a trick or two that they could teach us boomers.