Excited to listen to this podcast and to listen to your conversation as a guest in the other podcast. You’ve given us a lot of good links to explore here, Nina. Thank you! I agree with the wisdom of making friends in other generations. This was such a lifeline when I was an expat and I’ve kept it up in the US, too. This first happened by accident as I was the only mom of little kids in my adult German course after we moved back. Then I frequently found myself the only “elder millennial” in my online writing groups. I love it! My peers see me as just me, outside the roles I have with so many other people in my life. These kinds of friendships are one of my quickest ways “in” to feeling most like myself.
I, like you, have been the oldest by far and the youngest by far in a few different groups--also not on purpose. And the connections formed are so different than in my "regular life." I love the perspectives I get on either end of it.
Excited to listen to this podcast and to listen to your conversation as a guest in the other podcast. You’ve given us a lot of good links to explore here, Nina. Thank you! I agree with the wisdom of making friends in other generations. This was such a lifeline when I was an expat and I’ve kept it up in the US, too. This first happened by accident as I was the only mom of little kids in my adult German course after we moved back. Then I frequently found myself the only “elder millennial” in my online writing groups. I love it! My peers see me as just me, outside the roles I have with so many other people in my life. These kinds of friendships are one of my quickest ways “in” to feeling most like myself.
I, like you, have been the oldest by far and the youngest by far in a few different groups--also not on purpose. And the connections formed are so different than in my "regular life." I love the perspectives I get on either end of it.