Gen X & Xennial Life Posts

Stories, humor, and survival tips for the midlife messy middle.
Sept. 18, 2025

The Gen X Hustle Myth: When Burnout Became a Badge of Honor

Somewhere between gold stars and side hustles, an entire generation traded play for productivity and started calling burnout a personality trait. This mindset didn't appear from nowhere – it was carefully cultivated through parental examples, …
Sept. 4, 2025

The Weird Way Our Childhood Memories Are Made Up

Memory is a fascinating yet unreliable narrator of our lives, especially when it comes to childhood experiences shared with siblings. It's remarkable how two people who grew up in the same household can have entirely different recollections of t…