I never considered myself a typical consumer for my age group. While many of my peers are among the first to buy the latest smartphone, I just started texting. Although I use social media, it’s usually on the weekends because, after working on a computer all day, I would much rather be outside enjoying the fresh air.

All these things, I thought, made me abnormal, so I presumed that most of my shopping habits were abnormal, too; however, I recently learned that I’m a much more typical millennial than I thought I was.