Joy feelings magazine January 2019 issue | Page 38

desire. Each person has to
want it and be willing to
sacrifice for the other. It
takes shifting the way we
view ourselves and giving
up something, in order to
give to someone else.
Thing is, it’s not as hard as
you might think.
We millennials tend to
commit to things a bit less
than our parents and
older generations. Buying
a home, settling down,
finding that special
someone. We don’t want
to feel rushed. To back
this up, is some striking
research from The Pew
Research Center which
bears this out:
“The Pew Research Center
reports that millennials
are significantly less likely
to be married than
previous generations in
their 20s. And a recent
Gallup poll found that the
percentage of 18 to 29-
year-olds who say they
are single and not living
with a partner rose from
52 percent in 2004 to 64
percent in 2014. Marriage
among 30-somethings
also dropped 10
percentage points during
that decade, while the
percentage living together
rose from 7 to 13
percent.” Source
Ah, commitment. I’m a
living, breathing example
of this study. Much of my
20s was defined by a lack
of commitment to a
partner. I stumbled
around in different
relationships, while all
along, the relationship I