Recession2020: why millennials are more resilient than we’re given credit for
, a gutted job market and house prices higher than Mount Everest. Our safety bubble had burst and we were catapulting into an uncertain world.There’s something else you should know about the Class of ‘09.You know the kind – flaky, self-absorbed, an addiction to avocado on toast and our priorities all wrong. Through tabloid headlines and stereotypical sitcoms, those born between 1981-1996 have slowly been reduced to a handful of overused, middle-class clichés.
Life has turned out very differently for so many of us, and, dare I get millennial about it, through no fault of our own.and found myself fumbling from one unfulfilling job to another. There was no toolkit on how to adult the best but I sure could have done with one. So, like the millennial cliché I am, I packed my bags and moved to London, lured by the bright lights and an unpaid internship.
This isn’t a sob story though. I had a mum who could help if things got tough, along with the privileges that come from a middle-class upbringing and being part white. It was also a familiar story. Take my friend Rhys, who paid hundreds of pounds to rent a room so small he could starfish and touch all four walls, just so he could afford his tuition fees. Or Pat, a struggling musician, who started escorting to pay the rent.
It was a slow start to our 20s and as we waited for the economy to crawl off its knees, we’ve spent the following decade playing catch-up. It’s meant slower career progression,
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