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By: Eduardo Abella
Ed Abella Photography

BORN: 1991

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MILLENNIALS ARE: Passionate and Creative, because of the influence of the Internet.

YOLO CONCEPT: it has been yolo for decades but our generation just placed a term to it but remember you have to survive until tomorrow, it can be a good thing because of the now feeling, the in the moment scenario but you have to consider that you have responsibilities to as an adult. This concept is selfish but aren’t we all selfish at one point in our lives? Be selfish to a degree, understand yourself, and understand others. Be responsible.

LOVES DRAMA: It is something we really like because of social media because it is easily accessible, we Filipinos are so obsessed with ideals that sometimes we forget that we live in the real world like instagram for example most of the good photos uploaded are because of angling believe me I am photographer it can be good but dangerous at the same time don’t believe everything you see on the internet but at least there can be something to aspire to.

RELIGION AND FAITH: I am agnostic, I believe there is a God factor I used to be a catholic I even wanted to become a priest what changed was that I then became interested on reading books about philosophies. Faith is a very personal thing that everyone is entitled to.

MOBILE DEVICE ADDICT: It can be a good thing if you use it right. Nowadays everybody is on their phone, we are so obsessed with learning and searching for answers. Did you know that the most question asked on google is: “what am I gonna do with my life?” google will never have an answer to that, it lies within you. I mean it is really up to that person on how he/she uses these devices because on the past generation they even stated that people from that time don’t get to talk or socialize that much because everyone is so attached to reading their books. So I guess it is really the same it just has a different tool and right now the Internet is really serving it’s purpose by handing out information they just made it quick and easy.

TRAVELLING: It can be a way to break out of our provincial manner of thinking, the influence that the other places has on us can have a deeply huge impact. Now we have the capabilities the world is opening up and it can be very good for the soul it gives you a different perspective of the things you have never seen before. Have this sense that I am a tiny spec in this world but I am a part of something.

HEARTBREAK AND LOST: I don’t agree with this concept. Love comes from oneself not from any external force. That feeling of being lost is inside you within yourself maybe because you haven’t dug deeper into your own humanity. I am still lost but if you happen to find someone who accepts your flaws embrace it. But love yourself first and by doing that you have to affirm that your existence is valid, you have a point to this world that without you this world would be completely different. I am slowly understanding that just my existence itself can be a propellant for other people like this one philosopher stated: “I know that my existence is to help others but something I do not know is what the others are for”.

GOOD TRAIT, BAD TRAIT: We have this sense of entitlement that the world owes me something but then you have to take it into consideration that you are privileged enough to be in this world. Being selfish and narcissistic so much of that could destroy this generation, we are too self-absorbed. Here is the key: we have to look back on the past generation on how they did it without the single bit of help from technology. The generation gap of technology got us into thinking that we are better than them, considering that the past generations are amazing I am in awe of how they created something, how they figure things out like photographers the bunch of photographers now should bow to the past generations of photographers because they develop pictures in the dark they don’t even know if the picture they took is right. So, humble yourself but not depreciate yourself as well, we can’t help it we are from this generation, we have the Internet.

WEALTH: Wealth is wealth; this generation wants to buy stuffs just for the sake of owning it.

JOB OR CAREER: Job-hopping is a beautiful thing you are given the chance to find your passion, you are hungry for more, and the millennial generations have this genuine kind of authenticity.

POLITICAL VIEWS: Our generation now I think are not politically ignorant, we are informed and because of that everyone is more involved in any political affiliations.

BALANCE IN LIFE: Find a job/career that doesn’t feel like work at all, live life everyday put joy in the things you do that could be a thing in life and work but I can’t blame some of you. Survival is your aspiration into looking for a job and you cant help it but if ever I get to a point where I am doing something I don’t like then I’ll just find something good about it.

SOCIAL MEDIA AS AN OUTLET: Keep your dirty laundry inside the hamper deal with it personally, talk to each other.

TO MY CO MILLENNIALS: Be careful with too much ideals not everything is perfect all the time, no one lives like that. Our life is like a show, it can be any form of art don’t get caught up in the glitz and glamour of it all admire and always look back and learn from them.

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