https://www.businessinsider.com/young-people-are-developing-money-dysmorphia-2024-7
She suggested the most productive route for people feeling anxious about money is to take in different financial perspectives and make a budget — one that's realistic and shame-free.
Boomer financial advice:
Mow lawns for a summer and save your earnings to pay for college. Take some extra shifts at the factory and buy a house. Sell it in 20 years for a million dollars and move into a condo in Florida.
Don't forget "constantly tell everyone younger than you how much harder you worked to get here than they could ever imagine."