| The readers in this file run the full gamut of ages. It is curious
how people (just as they can formulate a picture in their mind of
what they think a noter might look like) assign an era or an age
to a person without having met them, or asked.
I am lucky to work in a building in Marlboro where I work with people
from 23-60. I don't feel isolated in this job, although I have
felt isolated in jobs before.
Hope you find some lunch companions.....it is a good thing to find
people you feel are like yourself that you can share things with
- lunch, thoughts, companionsion, giggles, awful jokes....
-Jody
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re: .0 (Lisa Gerstenberg)
Hi Lisa, I am your age - or - as was put at a noter's party by
someone I'll leave unmentioned :-) "just out of the womb"...
and *that* was after saying I was "just out of diapers" when,
from my notes, she believed I was 5 or so years older than I am.
I was flattered. I think 28-29 is an ideal age. 22-24 is too young.
I can empathize with what you said about being much younger than
your peers at work... I was very aware of the age and skill level
difference when I was recruited straight from school as 'just' a
hardware eng - everyone else was at least 29 and had so much more
experience and seemed to know everything. It was quite intimidating.
Well, I still don't have as much experience, but I do know everything
now, so...it's not so bad [JUST KIDDING :-) !!!]
The early twenties are all that I'd hoped for and more - I'm
out of school (though I really miss it), starting a career,
financially independent, exploring relationships, living inde-
pendently, and can totally control how I spend my free time.
(well, OK, so I do have a problem or 2 that I _hadn't_ hoped for...)
There are so many interesting and worthwhile causes and activities
here (in the Greater Boston area), that I think if I don't take
advantage of it now, my life situation won't be right for me to
do so in the future.
Which is kinda the down side of the early twenties - It seems as
though decisions I make now will define me for the rest of my life...
I don't know how I want to be defined !!
I think my generation missed out on so many influential events of
history that have had the side benefit of uniting other generations...
We 'missed out' on both World Wars, the Korean War, the Vietnam War,
segregation, the Sixties (damnit, I want to experience that era!),
etc ... I don't even really remember Watergate!
So what do we have to unite our generation?
One recent event that has the potential of a uniting issue is the
pro-choice movement. One of my first impressions of the marches
in Boston on July 3 was the surprising number of women my age that
turned out to march. Of course, it makes sense we would care, but
in reality I haven't noticed much involvement at all in NOW and
other feminist activities by women my age. The meetings I've
attended are largely populated by women 40 and older. I feel kinda
guilty as a result -- like we (my generation of women) are
reaping the benefits of the work done by generations of women before
us, but not really putting forth the effort to keep the momentum.
Sorry this got so long, Lisa! (more than you asked for, huh :-)?)
[rambling can be dangerous on a Friday afternoon...]
nancy b.
p.s. I am in the Mill (3-3) also and if you want to have lunch
sometime just zap me a mail, last-minute or otherwise!
p.p.s (.1) Jody Bobbitt
> Hope you find some lunch companions.....it is a good thing to find
> people you feel are like yourself that you can share things with
> - lunch, thoughts, companionsion, giggles, awful jokes....
If it's giggles and awful jokes Lisa is after, we'll have to kidnap
Steve "Barking Spider Industries" Mallett (on 3-2) who has the most
"irreverent" sense of humor you'd want to experience :-].
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