Category Archives: Generation X

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Okay, I know I haven’t been here in a while as life happened so here I am with a blog post finally…

You know that you are getting older when high profile personalities you grew up with as a Gen X start passing away.

This week we lost Ozzy Osbourne, Malcolm Jamal-Warner (Cosby Show) and Hulk Hogan.

These people were a part of my childhood or teenage years growing up and their deaths hit hard, especially Ozzy and Hulk Hogan’s passing.

We have lost a lot of people over the years, people who were a big part of the life of a Gen X and their deaths hit hard as well.

People like Whitney Houston, David Bowie, Prince, Michael Jackson, Olivia Newton John, George Michael, Betty White, Carrie Fisher, Mohammad Ali, just to name a few.

Their passing hit hard and with each passing of a Gen X icon, we are losing more of our childhood or teenage memories. We are losing a part of what made Gen X such a great generation.

We are also learning that as we get older, we have to face our own morality where we won’t be living forever. We are learning that when we were kids and teens that the people we grew up with won’t be living forever as we thought they would.

I’m just glad that in their passing, they have left behind their music, movies, TV shows, books, whatever for us enjoy as a reminder of the life they lived.

So in mourning their passing, I am thankful that each of them lived and they left something behind for us to continue to enjoy in remembering their life and what they mean to my younger self and to me now.

Until next time

Kaye

Generation X, the Awesome Generation…

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Hands up if you were born between the years of 1965 – 1980… you are well and truly my people, the Generation X people. My generation.

As a Gen X myself, born in 1971, I love being a Gen X. I love how we know a lot of things to do with the generations that precedes us, The Greatest Generation – those born between 1901 – 1927, The Silent Generation – those born between 1928 – 1945 and The Baby Boomers – those born between 1965 – 1980 as they are our great grandparents, grandparents, great aunts, great uncles, parents, uncles, aunties but we also know a lot of stuff from the generations that succeeded us as well. We know about things to do with The Millennials or Generation Y – those born between 1981 – 1996, Generation Z – those born between 1997 – 2012 and the latest generation, Generation Alpha – those born between 2013 – 2025, as these are our children, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great nieces, great nephews, our friends children.

We just have a lot of cross generational knowledge with being a Gen X.

Generation X was the last generation who played in the streets, we were the last generation to record songs from the radio onto a cassette tape, we were the first generation to play video games, we were the first generation to use personal computers, we could walk over a kilometre without complaining about not being driven to our destination, we were the last generation to go to our friends homes to see them, remember having to be home as soon as the streetlights came on? We learned how to work the VCR before anyone else, we lived without mobile (cell) phones, we were the first generation who had Sony Walkman’s, we were before the internet, we were the last generation to drive in cars without seatbelts, we were the first generation to use chatrooms, we only had 4 TV stations to choose from and TV stations closed at midnight, we didn’t have social media, the music was also the best.

Generation X is absolutely the best generation in my books.

Until next time

Kaye