Diary of a Gen Z Student: Why am I acting 'old' when the night is young?

Isn't bit of debauchery not what our 20s should be all about?

Jane Cowan: 'We've got it wrong. In our young and foolish era, my generation are optimising sleep schedules instead of rustling up their next stupid idea.' Picture: Moya Nolan

There I am, sitting on the sofa at 6pm on a Friday evening, drinking tea and wearing my pyjamas. My mother comes in the front door with a "surprise" for me. She takes ice cream out of her bag and tells me to find something hilarious to watch on Netflix.

Nothing particularly terrible about this scene, besides the fact I’m 21, it’s Friday night, I’ve been marinating in my pyjamas since 4pm, and I’m genuinely excited by the prospect of getting a nice, early night.