We Were Told to Dream, But No One Taught Us How to Survive

    

      We grew up hearing, “You can be anything.”

Doctors. Lawyers. Leaders. Creators.

We wrote those dreams in notebooks, said them out loud in classrooms, and believed they were possible.

But now, we sit in rooms with degrees but no jobs.

Scroll through feeds with pressure but no peace.

We ask, “Was it all a lie?”

The System Prepared Us for Exams, Not for Life

We learned how to solve equations — but not how to solve a broken heart.

We memorized historical dates — but never learned how to manage debt or deal with depression.

We got grades. We followed rules. We checked every box.

Still, somehow, it wasn’t enough.

Now we face a world where:

Experience is required, even for entry-level jobs.

Talent is overlooked if your background isn’t shiny.

Creativity is stifled in a system built on survival, not growth.

And it’s exhausting.

We’re Not Lazy — We’re Tired of Pretending

We hear things like, “Your generation doesn’t want to work.”

But what they don’t see is:

The guy delivering food who has a master’s degree.

The girl selling clothes online because there are no jobs.

The friend battling depression but still showing up with a fake smile.

This isn’t laziness.

It’s burnout.

It’s the weight of being promised the world and handed struggle.

Purpose Feels Like a Luxury

Sometimes we don’t want millions — we just want meaning.

We want to matter.

We want to wake up and feel like we’re part of something real.

But when rent is due, dreams feel like distractions.

When you’re hustling just to eat, purpose feels far away.

Still… the fire doesn’t die.

We Still Believe. We Still Try.

Even in the chaos, something in us keeps fighting.

We write.

We build.

We speak out.

We create platforms like EGGCROWN Media — not for fame, but to be heard.

Because our stories matter.

Because we are more than statistics.

Because we were never lazy — we were just tired of being ignored.

Dear World, Don’t Underestimate Us

We may be broke.

We may be frustrated.

But we are powerful.

We are the ones asking real questions.

We are the ones starting movements.

We are the ones turning pain into purpose.

And we’re just getting started.

EGGCROWN Media — The voice of the overlooked. The fire of the forgotten.