By Nareh Voskanyan
The Generation of Change – (When the old script no longer works)
We are a generation in transition. Children of a world that raised us with precise rules: find a stable job, buy a house, build a family, plan everything, stay in line.
And yet, today, we wake up in a time that has dismantled those certainties. The stable job is precarious, the house is no longer a guarantee of security, relationships are shifting, social models are transforming. There are no more safe scripts. There are no guarantees. There are no pre-traced paths to happiness.
For many, all this creates confusion. We cling to models that no longer work, because letting them go is scary. Admitting that the old ways are no longer enough means facing the void, the uncertainty, the “I don’t know.”
But there are also those who feel the pull toward evolution, who are willing to step into the unknown, who understand that only by trying, failing, and trying again can we find our own authentic path. Not the perfect one. Not the guaranteed one. But the true one.
Two worlds — can they meet?
And here’s the big question: can these two visions coexist? Can someone who seeks stability, certainty, a safe refuge… walk alongside someone who embraces risk, change, exploration?
It’s not easy.
Our world is liquid, it demands mental elasticity, but the human need for roots, values, and steady points remains intact. The real challenge is not to choose just one world, but to translate between them: to teach those who fear change that evolution is not destruction, and to remind those racing toward the new that roots hold precious value.
The future is unwritten — and that’s okay
We look at our children and ask ourselves: “Are we really sure they will want what we wanted?”
Maybe they will choose less materialism, less consumerism, less accumulation. Maybe they will return to a conscious, radical simplicity. Because when everything has already been tried, the truly revolutionary act is to return to the essential. Not out of renunciation, but by choice.
We don’t know what tomorrow will bring. Our task is not to guarantee it, but to open pathways, to walk with the times, to reflect on the foundations we offer our children so they are prepared to be themselves, so they don’t get lost in the endless options the world throws at them. To put ourselves out there, explore, fall, get back up, and show them that it’s possible to be fragile and strong at the same time.
In the end, the real question is not: “How can I guarantee safety in an unsafe world?” but “How can I train myself to stand tall even without guarantees?”
Because what was no longer works — whether we’re talking about work, parenting, school, or relationships. And what will be, no one knows. But here, today, we can learn to accompany each other: without holding back those who evolve, without forgetting those who stay.
We can be a bridge generation, the millennials who have witnessed the biggest technological, social, and cultural shifts in record time.
Being a bridge is risky, but when built with courage and hope, it can leave a mark for the generations to come.
