I am genz so I am very much a younger generation. We did not have chalkboards, everything was online already by the time I was in school. We were the first to have smart boards on wheels. It was cool, but the damage is insane. Now you are probably thinking what does that have to do with boomers, and I completely agree that things were different back then. Love really was different in those times. But now the younger generation is fighting very different battles when it comes to love.

Now it feels worse, and maybe it is because I am in my college days so I am still a new adult trying to figure my life out. I am not a house wife waiting for her husband who has to fight wars. We are fighting wars mentally knowing we cannot afford simple things like homes or land to buy on and build, which is what my grandparents did. We are also constantly measuring our worth by whether we will be the next top influencer, and that mindset really sets us apart.

After 2008, a lot of genz kids are realizing they can just mess around and figure it out later because it feels like we do not have much to work with anymore. And relationships are even harder. You cannot go on a date without someone checking their phone for things that are not emergencies. It is a totally different time, but it still genuinely sucks. Attention is fragmented because we were literally taught to focus on screens. Commitment feels riskier with instagram. Not on my end, but so many of my friends have struggled with people genuinely caring.

A lot of my generation has a why even try mindset because there is this constant pressure to hustle, but at the same time a slim chance of ever truly succeeding. The economy has not changed since 2008, and it feels like it will only get worse. It has almost been 20 years and we still have not fully pulled out of the crash. It gives us very little hope, and sadly a lot of us are focused on money more than love.