Why 25 is the New Career Midlife Crisis - and What To Do About It (part 1)

Think getting pushed out of the workforce at 50 is just bad luck? It’s not. It’s a pattern. A setup. One that’s been quietly screwing over generation after generation—and calling it “progress.”

In Part 1 of this two-part breakdown, we go all the way back to the Lost Generation and track how midlife went from being your prime to your pink slip.

This isn’t some motivational fluff or economics lesson. This is raw, uncomfortable truth about aging, work, and why the system has never had your back.

Here’s what we get into:
• The generational lie that “hard work pays off”
• How Social Security wasn’t generosity—it was damage control
• What happens when pensions disappear and loyalty becomes …