Finding Yourself and Meaning as Gen X

There comes a point—often somewhere in the late 40s or early 50s—when life begins to feel different. Not in a dramatic, overnight way, but in a quieter, more reflective sense. The things that once drove you—achievement, recognition, financial milestones, proving yourself—start to lose some of their urgency. In their place, deeper questions begin to surface: […]

Be Patriotic and Don’t Apologize

In a time when expressing pride in one’s country can sometimes feel controversial, it’s worth saying plainly: there is nothing wrong with loving where you come from. There is nothing wrong with feeling grateful for your citizenship, your freedoms, and the opportunities available to you. And when it comes to the United States of America, […]

Gen X and What It Produced

There’s something distinct about Generation X that’s easy to recognize but harder to define. Born roughly between the mid-1960s and early 1980s, Gen X grew up in a world that felt less curated, less supervised, and far less predictable than what came after. They weren’t handed a script—they had to write their own. And in […]