My Gen isn’t Z. I know for a while they wanted to include my generation with the millennial Gen, but the people born between 1977 to 1985 had a unique upbringing, so they came up with the term “Xennial” and called my generation a micro-generation, because it didn’t really fit in with Generation X or the millennials or Gen Z. We experienced two worlds in our formative years, one world where everything was wholesome America before tech took over, where our adolescent years were spent outside playing, fighting and being very active, life wasn’t childproofed yet so one of us might catch a lawn dart in the head on occasion, then we hit the workforce busting our asses, and from about 18 to 30 years old we watched internet and smart tech become a major part of daily life. The “millennials” and Gen Z spent their formative years buried in technology, and Gen X experienced life mainly like their boomer parents did with the same opportunities, whereas my Gen experienced life in both worlds with very limited economic opportunity in our future unless we did everything right.

My Gen isn’t Z. The people born between 1977 to 1985 were the Xennial generation, because it doesn’t really fit in with Generation X or Gen Z, we experienced both worlds in our formative years, one world where everything was wholesome America before tech took over, where our adolescent years were spent outside playing, fighting and being very active, and then we hit the workforce busting our asses, and from about 18 to 30 years old we watched internet and smart tech become a major part of daily life. Xennials are a micro-generation born during a serious transition in American life, Gen Z came after, their formative years were buried in technology, and Gen X experienced life mainly like boomers did with the same opportunities. Xennials had a little hope to do well in life so long as they went to college, Gen X was basically living life as their boomer parents did, and Gen Z was born into a dying society with very little hope for a decent future….poor Gen Alpha, their entire birthright was robbed from them before they even had a chance to become a functional member of society.

My Gen isn’t Z. The people born between 1977 to 1985 were the Xennial generation, because it doesn’t really fit in with Generation X or Gen Z, we experienced both worlds in our formative years, one world where everything was wholesome America before tech took over, where our adolescent years were spent outside playing, fighting and being very active, and then from about 17 to 30 years old we watched internet and smart tech become a major part of daily life. Xennials are a micro-generation born during a serious transition in American life, Gen Z came after, their formative years were buried in technology, and Gen X experienced life mainly like boomers did with the same opportunities.