You’re told to earn a college degree that leaves you buried in debt, drive a dependable car with a $600 monthly payment, and dress professionally for a career paying around $48,000 a year.

Then people wonder why you can’t qualify for a $500,000 home or comfortably cover $2,300 a month in rent by yourself.
The numbers simply don’t add up.
This isn’t a generation that refused to work hard or budget wisely.
It’s a generation that followed the blueprint, only to discover that the cost of a basic middle-class life moved far beyond what ordinary paychecks can support.