Poor Buoyancy:
The realization that one was a better person when one had less money.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
The realization that one was a better person when one had less money.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Related:
- Recurving:
Leaving one job to take another that pays less but places one
back on the learning curve
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Ozmosis:
The inability of one's job to live up to one's self-image
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Mid-twenties Breakdown:
A period of mental collapse occurring in one's twenties
often caused by inability to function outside of school... - Strangelove Reproduction:
Having children to make up for the fact that one no longer
believes in the future
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Dorian Graying:
The unwillingness to gracefully allow one's body to show signs
of aging
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Virgin Runway:
A travel destination chosen in the hopes that no one else has
chosen it
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Successophobia:
The fear that if one is successful
then one's personal needs will be forgotten and one... - Option Paralysis:
The tendency, when given unlimited choices
to make none. [Often experienced when asked what kind... - Brazilification:
The widening gulf between the rich and poor and the
accompanying disappearance of the middle classes
Douglas Coupland, Generation...
