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Why does everyone want quick money — and how does it end?

Have you noticed how the phrase "get rich quick" sounds almost like a plan? Without details, without pauses. Just quickly. Right now. Preferably yesterday. Youth is in a hurry — and that's okay. The only question is where to.

Social media fuels the fire. Someone "made the X's", someone quit their job and lives "on passive income". The picture is bright, the caption is short, and the journey — off-screen. And it already seems: if you didn't make it, then you just didn't believe enough or took too few risks. Spoiler: not always.

Quick money almost always demands payment upfront. With nerves. With sleep. With decisions made in the heat of the moment. Today you are euphoric, tomorrow you check your balance every five minutes, the day after tomorrow — you search for an explanation of why the "market is wrong". Sound familiar? Exactly.

The most treacherous part — the feeling that just a little more, and everything will return. It's like running after a departing bus, speeding up when your strength is already at zero. Sometimes it stops. More often — it doesn't.

And here's how it usually ends. Either with a loss and anger. Or with exhaustion and a quiet conclusion: there are no easy ways. Money doesn't love speed, but a clear head and patience. Slowly? Yes. But without illusions.