Does anyone else find it ridiculously depressing how being in your 20s now just doesn’t seem the same as it was to the older generations?
Everyone I know is either depressed because they hate their job but can’t afford to leave it, depressed because their home life is shit but can’t afford to leave it, staying in shit relationships because without their partner they won’t be able to afford to move out of their family home and the other half have pissed off to Australia to escape it all, the list goes on.
Whenever I talk to the older generations about their 20s they talk about how it was a time of exploration and making mistakes, but now it seems since covid and the cost of living crisis hit, there hasn’t been time to explore or experiment. In consequence of the above, social media pushes this whole “girl boss/5-9 before 9-5” bullshit and it seems working yourself into the ground in order to just about afford your bills is the only option. I’m a 24F fully qualified college tutor and am still working through an 0 hour agency even though I’ve been at this same college for nearly 2 years now. I’m not the only person I know that can’t seem to get contracted hours from jobs either.
Substance abuse and gambling addictions are becoming rife and it’s obvious the reason is because everyone wants to escape the reality of whats supposed to be the best years of our lives. Theres no point trying to save for a house you’ll never be able to afford, so may as well drown our sorrows in this cheap tesco own make vodka i snuck into the pub with me, and piss some money down the fruities! 😛
Please tell me im not alone in this… I am now too debating on pissing off to Australia (if I can afford the plane ticket lol)