Why You Feel Broke (Even If You’re Not) | The Gen Z Money Trap

Описание: Why do you feel broke… even when you technically aren’t?

You have a job.
You’re not reckless.
You’re not doing anything “wrong.”

And yet your paycheck seems to disappear the moment it hits your account.

In this video, we break down why everything feels so expensive right now — and why inflation doesn’t fully explain it.

From hidden fees and subscriptions…to frictionless payments and quiet monetization...modern life is structured in ways that make money feel tighter than ever.

This isn’t about cutting out coffee.
It’s about understanding what’s actually happening.

Because when you understand the system, you stop blaming yourself.

And in the next video, we go even deeper into how this financial pressure affects your time, your choices, and why adulthood feels delayed.

If you’re ambitious and trying to build a good life in a system that feels harder than it should… you’re in the right place.

Subscribe if this resonates.


Chapters:
00:00 Why You Feel Broke
1:24 The Inflation Explanation
2:57 Something Else Is Happening
5:39 The Part No One Talks About
7:32 What This Means


This video references publicly available research and reporting from the following sources:

Why frictionless payments make spending easier than ever
TIME Magazine
https://time.com/6899688/why-we-spend...

Digital payments are now mainstream and increasingly embedded
McKinsey & Company
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/f...

How much middle‑class Americans paid for rent in the 1990s vs today
Nasdaq
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/how-m...

Housing affordability trends over the past five years
Moody’s Analytics
https://www.moodyscre.com/insights/cr...

Food is taking up the largest share of income in 30 years
H2H Collaboratory
https://h2hcollaboratory.org/its-been...

Food spending trends from grocery carts to delivery services
Farm Bureau (2024)
https://www.fb.org/market-intel/from-...

Subscription economy growth and consumer trends
Marketing LTB
https://marketingltb.com/blog/statist...

Why many Gen Z workers feel unprepared at work
The Interview Guys
https://blog.theinterviewguys.com/why...


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