every generation is raised by one that's already outdated gen Z and Millennials are dealing with different challenges than any other previous generation and this is causing massive spikes in anxiety and stress so let's break it all down shall we here are 15 challenges that exhaust this generation welcome to alux First up perfectionism perfect life perfect student perfect family the word perfect is a plague because the pursuit of perfectionism can only lead to the dissatisfaction of not being able to achieve it perfectionism is just procrastination disguised as productivity your life doesn't need to be perfect because
perfect changes faster than you're able to catch up as long as you're in pursuit of something you'll never be happy and you'll always be tired number two digital burnout surrounded by screens by Blue Light we went from watching 20-minute commercials on TV Midway through a movie to now watching two ads between 15 second pieces of content this is exhausting your brain thinks it's consuming content but actually it doesn't because you don't have time to digest it it's like watching food pass by but not eating any of it you're still starving everyone is posting their best
days on social media media the news monetizes your fear and anxiety and the algorithm is forcing you to post 24 times a day to stay relevant on each platform your life changes once you realize it's that damn phone that makes you miserable number three impostor syndrome everyone is Faking it but you don't know it yet so in an attempt to appear something else you fake it as well but it doesn't feel right you're a completely different person outside of the house compared to who you are in your room when no one's looking this gap between
who you present yourself to be and who you really are has begun to feel a lot like work every time you go out the mask is hard to carry Number Four Financial stress overload if you're between 20 and 35 most likely you're struggling financially actually you're not struggling you just gave up on the big suits in life like buying a house but we'll talk about that in a minute you're not living paycheck to paycheck you're living holiday to Medical Emergency through no fault of your own things are getting more and more expensive the only things
you can still afford are actually things designed to make you poor and others rich but you do pay $6 for a coffee and $14 for a sandwich because it makes you feel better and by the way things have gotten so crazy that restaurants are actually Lo losing money on a $14 sandwich even funnier is how you can barely afford to take care of yourself but they still ask you to tip cuz hey they can't afford to pay their servers a living wage number five they lack proper guidance look the role models out there are all
screwed up most rich women you see in the media are either reality TV stars only fans or women who divorced rich men it's true none of the top 10 richest women in the world earned their fortune or are self-made it's either inheritance or through divorce then the men or better said the lack there of this is a generation without a proper Father Figure because their dads were always working and emotionally unavailable this is a generation who just had to figure it all out on their own they only received some sort of guidance once they got
to high school and if you think about it that's the main reason why this generation seems to be trapped around that era from f to playing video games to maintaining a Harry Potter addiction 15 years later we have aged males that have not matured both mentally and physically weak high testosterone which is associated with adult males is now labeled as toxic masculinity and ironically those same behaviors are praised when displayed in women the left has zero male role models and the ones on the right or labeled as crazy this is why this generation needs guidance
more than ever and why we we built the alux app to solve this problem specifically if you want to stop being treated like a domesticated animal where you're fed and cared for by humans for the financial benefit of the rich go to alux.com slapp try it out for one or two days and just see what happens you'll never want to go back number six Flex culture fatigue and overc consumerism everybody's flexing and nobody is happy we pretend we're happy but iron Al we were a sad generation with lots of happy pictures in your childhood photos
you smiled because they prompted you to say cheese but that wasn't a natural smile and 20 to 30 years later nothing has changed everywhere you look Billboards advertise the latest fashion every 3 months new trends sweep through social media quiet luxury mob wife aesthetic minimalism maximalism Earth Tones Coachella nostalgic they're all Market you need to spend money to keep up with them social media is designed to make you hate where you are maybe even who you are and then there's fomo it feels like everyone is doing except for you right this person's traveling on the
other side of the world this one's at a festival this one is at the beach it feels like you should be doing all of that at the same time but here you are not doing any of those things we free because there are too many options the cost of opportunity is too high picking just one of them means you lose your chance to do all the other ones fomo keeps you locked in and miserable even if you're doing something great you're still a loser because you didn't do all of the rest it's toxic number eight
quarter life crisis the generations before had a midlife crisis right for the first time in history though this generation is dealing with a quarter life crisis if you're in your 20s you're probably not sure what you want to do with your life you're unsure of the path that you've chosen your second guessing your Life Path because you're not the one who picked it you want that sports car Boomers used to get in their 50s and you want to move and live on the beach just that Florida has been replaced by Bali or Barcelona but despite
all of that you know we still feel alone which brings us to social isolation and a la of acceptance you don't feel like you belong sure you've got friends but not best friends and it hurts knowing that you're not the best friend of your best friend you think you're different but different means you don't fit in with everyone else it's easier to find escapism online than to look around and search for a new crew number 10 the realization that you're not actually good at anything specific it's all surface this level everything you seem smart from
a distance but you know you're not if you were really that smart you wouldn't be dealing with all the you're dealing with this is because you spend more time consuming than you actually do making things you would think this would make you smart in theory but most of you can't recall what was the number three item on this list number 11 Tech addiction you're probably checking your phone right now if you're not watching or listening to this on your device you might pick up that phone to check the time and before you know it you're
already Doom scrolling through there is too much Tech there's too much content your brain has been programmed to think that you'll miss a great video or some big news if you don't check it constantly the antidote is time in nature if you don't think you're addicted to technology ask yourself when was the last time you spend 3 days without your phone number 12 technological iCal progress might render effort irrelevant not only do you lack skill depth because you don't have enough time to put in your 10,000 hours to become a master at your craft but
technology is making progress happen way too fast AI is designing better websites than you are what's the point of learning to write code when 6 months from now you'll talk naturally to an AI agent and get it to do what you want this perceived barrier keeps this generation from committing it takes a decade to master a platform and by the time you master it 100 other platforms have already come and gone number 13 over sexualized environments and hookup culture everywhere you look there it is it's always been like this but it's never been available at
this kind of volume nonstop the algorithm rewards it so there's an economic incentive to follow through this is why 16-year-olds look like they're in their early 30s you look mature for your age isn't a compliment okay it's creepy DMS subscriptions thirst traps the culture in general is basically softcore pornography remember everything in the world is about sex except sex sex is about power number 14 instant gratification and available stim im an you want to feel a certain way well there's an app for that or you could get a substance through an app that makes you
feel that way everything is just way too available there's no effort to get the reward so the perceived value diminishes with every hit contrary to other Generations this one doesn't value delayed gratification because the government has robbed them of the future why delay gratification and save money when inflation is 10 10% per year why delay buying whatever it is you want when in 12 months it's going to be way more expensive why delay anything why plan long term when the world is already so screwed up you'd think these are valid points but the alternative the
YOLO lifestyle doesn't get you much either and by the way you can tell how old we are because we used YOLO has slang right and we know how old you are okay because you understood it now the only only thing being delayed here is number 15 major life events you say you don't want to get married you say you're not ready for a kid you say you'll do all of that when you get things figured out but the problem is you're not actively working at figuring things out so how exactly is that supposed to work
81% of adults with student loans say they've had to delay key life Milestones think about it you're barely considered an adult and all ready you're in debt someone else owns the fruits of your future labor you might not like it but it's economic slavery and this generation suffers because of it even if you are debt-free the economic uncertainty the fluctuations in the workplace here's just a short list of the companies that had massive layoffs in just the first two months of 2024 how are you supposed to start a family when it costs around $20,000 a
year to raise a middle class child these ideas keep this generation up at night which one of these do you think is the biggest contributor to the current state of this generation let us know in the comments and do let us know if you have a hot take on what we should be adding to this list and since you watched it until the very end here's your bonus Humanity will shift in their lifetime these Generations grew up with the internet AI just became a thing mix those two together and Humanity will look radically different they
will age differently therapies and physical health are prized in this new world humanoid robots aren't far away into the future this is by far the most exciting period yet in human history you have the opportunity to become anything you want but not everything so pick carefully alexir and if you agree write the word anything in the comments
