https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/young-adults-are-getting-used-to-living-on-a-financial-cliff/3547014/
Many young people came of age between two recessions, a pandemic and crushing student loan debt.
How dare we want to... checks notes ... Eat food and experience some of life before we MAYBE live until we are 70
Had a conversation with my friend the other day about this. Why should I be putting away 20% or more of my income and make myself miserable for the years when I'm healthy and fit, just for the chance of being able to be financially comfortable when I'm old?
Our bodies are full of microplastics. The earth is getting hotter than ever year after year. Right-wing authortianism is on the rise across the globe. This isn't a cry for help, but I genuinely don't plan on living that long.
If I expected to have a future I’d probably save for it, but I’ll never afford a house, be able to raise a family, and will spend my last years working until I’m 90 paying some landparasite most of my pay check.
Might as well enjoy what time I have and go out guns blazing in my 60s.
I'm lucky, I have a tech job and might actually be able to pay off my mortgage if I can live to 65.
I'm still working paycheck-to-paycheck though. There's literally no room in the household budget for vacations or retirement savings.