Bridie Jabour on the great millennial malaise

Before New Year, my mum sent me an op ed by Bridie Jabour, opinion editor of the Guardian Australia, called 'The Millennials at 31: Welcome to the Age of Misery'. It is about the distinct loss of ambition, wondering whether we should be defined by our jobs, our houses, whether we should have children and thinking for too long that we're special.

The article saw a massive reaction and I knew I had to interview Bridie about it. We talked about everything from the fact that it's even harder to get on the property ladder in Sydney than London, why we are trying to stop reading books for the sake of it and realising that you can be loyal to your work, but your work isn't loyal to you.

Hayley Millhouse, from our sponsor OpenMoney, also dives in with a few practical tips on how to deal with financial uncertainty.

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If you're into this topic, I also really enjoyed these articles from other publications:

'How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation' in BuzzFeed, 'Workism is Making Americans Miserable' in the Atlantic, and 'Why Do Corporations Speak The Way They Do?' in Vulture

Bridie's debut novel is called My Not So Functional Family. 

Inspired by Bridie's article, I wrote a newsletter topic on my malaise -- https://mailchi.mp/92c7fcaf239b/thinking-youre-special

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