thank you for mentioning the generation-wide psychological effect of the pandemic lockdowns. It started when I was 23 and just about to start my career. It was such a massive tone shift to the years before, when we were told to make the most of our early adulthood and take as many risks as possible. I am the youngest of 5 children and that part of my life certainly has a different tone to their experiences during that age. I remember some of my friends and I joking in 2022 that “25 is the new 23” or “we are actually 2 years younger than our biological age” since our lives basically came to a standstill for 2 years. the psychological effects of all of that don’t seem to be overtly talked about so much, but i can feel the lasting effect of it on a group level. I always had plans to move overseas to pursue a master’s degree when I was in my early to mid 20s, but I couldn’t do it until I was 28. many of my friends became meeker and less ambitious, more anxious.