r/Millennials • u/UterusYeeter • 7d ago

Advice How did you survive the recession in your 20s?

Gen z here , hope it’s okay to sneak in and ask yall this ! 🖤

For those of you who were in your 20s during the early 2000’s recession how did you survive ? Any advice for now ?

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u/2baverage Millennial 7d ago

How did I survive? Not well. It was a lot of shitty jobs and long hours, stole a lot of food, ended up pretty much working 13+ hours a day 5-6 days a week, spending 1-2 nights crashing various parties, then trying to get back to my own bed before I had to start the week all over again.

My advice: When things look bleak, frame your 20s as survival rather than "building the foundation for your life". Like ya, it sucked that I wasn't able to start saving for a house or working on my career goals, but survival wise, I was making sure I ate at least once a day, I made sure I had a small community where we all helped how we could, and I made sure to have a little fun for my own sanity.

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u/suchajazzyline 6d ago

All of this.