According to recent studies, 42% of entrepreneurs experience burnout. (Credit: Arcurs Co-op/peopleimages.com/Adobe Stock)

Imagine you’re paying back college fees at a job that took 350 applications to get. Your career progression relies on performance review digits, most of your salary belongs to a landlord, and it costs more than it previously did, just to live.

Nothing has seemed certain for millennials or Gen Z for some time. The climate is under constant threat, home ownership seems improbable, and now there’s anxiety around AI taking their hard-won jobs, making that significant investment in university seem futile.

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