Is everyone struggling right now?

Is everyone struggling right now?

I’ve felt it, and I feel like everyone I talk to says the same. I don’t know if this is just seattle, or wider, but I feel like everyone is hanging on to life by their fingertips.

I would have expected this from the post-Covid transition awkward time in ‘22, but we’re well past that. Sure, the job market sucks, inflation, cost of living, housing, etc. but none of these are new things necessarily, so I’m not sure why right now everyone feels like they’re just hanging on?

Is anyone flourishing? Doing well? If you’re not, why is that?

Edit: I’d love to hear from everyone. It is not “bragging” if you are doing well, and it’s not “too much” if you’re not. I think both could benefit from either perspective.