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What I Learned from Working and Being Friends with Baby Boomers
Thank you for the mentorship and friendship
In late 2009, I found myself as a troubled twenty-something, wrestling with my inner demons and feeling burdened by worries and responsibilities. My plans had crumbled, leaving me uncertain about what steps to take next.
One thing was sure: I couldn’t stay home any longer. There was nothing for me there, so I packed my bags and joined a friend who was backpacking around Southeast Asia.
A few months into it, I decided to slow down, get a short-term job to earn money for my travels, and, most importantly, draft new plans.
Life then brought me to a small town in northeastern Thailand, only a few hours away from Laos. I was hired to teach at a branch of a non-profit English academy there.
My initial plan to stay for a few months turned into years! During those years, I met, worked with, mingled, and became friends with Baby Boomers from the US, the UK, Australia, and many other parts of the world.
Nowadays, online, there’s this shared hatred towards “Boomers who accumulated all the wealth without leaving much for the generations that followed and couldn’t care less about the environment.”
