I knew the facts about millennials but I wasn’t ready to admit the life my parents had would never be mine

‘As my elders blame younger generations for not pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, I watch as friends and family fall down rabbit holes looking for answers to why they can not create the life they feel they have been promised.’ Illustration: Guardian Australia

The uncertainty facing my generation was not new to me. I have read articles just like the one I am now trying to write. I have seen the reports. I have watched the TikToks.

But the life I am living was by far the biggest clue that my generation is facing a growing economic crisis.