Generation X In The Age Of Creative Destruction - Latest Comments

Re: Shared Parenting, Part II

Careerideas — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:42:00 -0000

nice article. i really appreciate the thoughts you have put into this article.

Re: Prescience

dsohigian — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:59:04 -0000

Why had I not heard of this book before? I have been doing a bunch of research on generations on my blog but I had not heard of this one yet. Looks like a great read for us Gen X'ers. I will get a copy and review it soon.

BTW, I am not sure that I agree that all prevailing wisdom was that the Gen X'ers would have it easy. Howe and Strauss predicted tough times for the Nomad generation in many of their early works.

You might want to check out this post on the crisis will last until 2025 which is all about the effect of generations on our current situation.

Re: In Conclusion…

Peter Anger — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:37:01 -0000

I think creative destruction will be far more profound than any generation can imagine.

With the emergence of new information technologies we don't and will not value much of anything except our collective connectedness of information and not need much more than a workstation and something to do on it
+ food and shelter.

It seems as if all we held dear and of value has been destroyed by the information age.

Re: Rocker: A Gen X Fantasy

MrTangent — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:25:03 -0000

As someone also in the Gen X camp (will be 36 in Sept. 08) I can identify with the sentiments of Fishman and Sandeep. Although I personally had some issues (panic attacks, depression) that kept me from realizing my "full potential" (whatever that is) I did really lose out on a great deal of my twenties and early thirties by not continuing my education or bettering myself financially and employment-wise.

I'm only now trying to reel the hook of debt out of my cheeks and get on the path to financial liberation. I've realized, finally, that credit cards and debt in general is Evil™; therefore, in my ongoing financial struggles I've determined that I will not utilize them henceforth. It's hard because I have the "Buy Now!" mentality endemic to a lot of us Gen-X-ers but a little planning, patience and saving go a long way.

Re: I (Heart) The Google!

jenx67 — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:59:39 -0000

This is good to know. Now, I can start looking for a Jakarta blogger for Gen X Bloggers Across the Globe list.

Re: Media Juggernaut!

jenx67 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:51:03 -0000

I can't wait to buy your book. I just read the Forbes article although I came across you a little while back.

I am working on a Generation X project. You can find out more on my non-monetized blog,
www.jenx67.com Thanks, jen, a fellow GenXer from Oklahoma

Re: Shared Parenting, Part II

lisa — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:09:36 -0000

Just for fun, here is an exchange that took place on the above website:

Lisa Chamberlain, author of Slackonomics: Generation X in the Age of Creative Destruction, which will be published in a few days, writes on her blog about the effect getting “knocked up” (her term, not mine) has had on her life. So far, not much. She doesn’t feel any pressing need to marry the boyfriend who knocked her up (like so very many others today, alas) and doesn’t think the baby is going to affect her career all that much. Okay, stop laughing, all you mothers out there. You see, Ms. Chamberlain is a member of Generation X, which is far superior to those stupid Baby Boomers (you know, the ones who for the most part did think it was important to get married before they got knocked up - or at least before they started showing) in that Gen X couples practice Shared Parenting, that is, Gen X guys aren’t hamstrung by outmoded ideas about gender roles, and they really do half of everything house and kid related, fifty-fifty, share and share alike. Personally, I can’t wait to read Ms. Chamberlain’s blog a year or so from now to see how her boyfriend is doing in the fifty-fifty department.

Comments 4

1. Lisa Chamberlain wrote:

Thanks for reading my blog! I do appreciate it. However, just a few notes of clarification. I didn’t say having a child would have no effect on my career. It’s’ just that I finally got to a point where I wasn’t hand-wringing about it. I’ve experienced quite a few ups and downs with my career having had no children at all! So I have a little faith that my career isn’t going to just go away as if I have done nothing for the last 20 years. Do I expect bumps in the road? Hell yes. That’s the Gen X/Slackonomics experience. No evidence it’ll change now.

More importantly, however, I carefully avoided saying that “shared parenting” meant 50-50. That’s not my expectation. Life is a lot messier and more complex, and the more flexible everyone is, the happier we will all be. Having said that, my partner has two smart and beautiful daughters whom he loves very much and co-parents with his ex-wife. So I have pretty concrete evidence that he’ll be a pretty fantastic dad!
Posted 01 Jul 2008 at 11:53 pm
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2. Brigette Russell wrote:

Thanks for reading and commenting. Glad the perfect 50-50 wasn’t your expectation, since it’s pretty unrealistic. I read a NY Times article online somewhere recently about shared parenting, and some of those couples were pretty hard core about insisting that EVERYTHING had to be right down the middle. Seemed a bit obsessive to me. You’re right that flexible is better.

Hope your pregnancy is an easy one. I’m always sick the first trimester, and then miserable again in the third. It’s ghastly, but it’s all worth it when you finally bring that baby home from the hospital.
Posted 02 Jul 2008 at 3:19 am ¶

3. Bev wrote:

I’m glad she expects bumps in the road. Little does she know that they won’t be speed bumps, but what will seem like enormous mountains. As those of us who are currently parents know, it is really easy to comment on what you THINK it’s going to be like. The reality is always different. (And yes, Lisa, you can sit and say, “Oh, I know it will be different.” No you don’t, you won’t know until it is upon you) My husband is a wonderful father, and I consider him a co-parent, as well as just an overall great. But not on any given day are our contributions 50-50, or even 60-40, or even 70-30….you get the picture. And I married this man when our first child was six months old.

I’m interested to see what Lisa has to say six months after her baby is here, and then at two years, and then again at ten years. I do wish her all the best. The easy part is having the baby, the hardest thing you will ever do is raise it.
Posted 04 Jul 2008 at 12:05 pm ¶

4. Lisa Chamberlain wrote:

Thanks for reminding me why I’ve (mostly) stayed away from blogging about my personal life! From now on, I’ll just stick to talking with my family, friends and acquaintances, many of whom have kids and say it’s difficult of course, but have lots of positive things to say as well. People ranting on blogs, however, seem to be another species. I don’t know what I’ll be saying in six months or two years, but it won’t be a rant on a blog!
Posted 06 Jul 2008 at 3:56 pm ¶

Re: Is this Gidget the Humping Dog?

CeruleanWoW — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:29:05 -0000

This is definitely Gidget!

www.friendsofsnuffy.com

Re: Is this Gidget the Humping Dog?

lisa — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:33:38 -0000

Hilarious! So you were at Cafe Marco's? I thought I had been had ...

Re: Is this Gidget the Humping Dog?

marygormley — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:20:46 -0000

Hi Lisa! Well. thats definately my dolphin tattoo and it looks like my dog, Gidget, and we both were in LA yesterday killing time at a cafe waiting for our 1.5 hour delayed flight back to NYC so my vote is yes, that is indeed Gidget, the humping dog! Attached please check out this cool article in the NY Daily News today about Gidget's charity work. http://www.nydailynews.com/lif...
xx Mary
www.gidgetgormley.com