DISQUS

Good post. I was thinking about this the other day, especially in regard to where people choose to live. I think it's unfair when family members call other relatives who move away "selfish" because they don't live where everyone else lives. I don't feel an obligation to live somewhere just because that's where everyone else does.

I'm in my early 20s and I think my generation is a lot less tied to tradition than previous generations. Whereas older individuals do things because that's how things are done, my generation asks why? and when we don't find a suitable answer, we do our own thing.

I just got my bachelor's in English from a top university. I "followed my heart" and picked English because I love to write.

I was duped.

My advice to anyone is minor in anything you want, but major in something useful.