In about a decade people will realize that 2008-2017ish was the collapse. It being drawn out and kept relatively shallow by the FED machinations. It now looks like the FED will succeed in the basic endeavor to avoid the deep depression all the lazy failures keep hoping will happen.
By 2025 things will look bright again, it’s a demographic thing. This will be a long slow slog. But fortunes are seeded during bad times and lost during booms.
A lot of my friends (and I) have done very well during this entire period. The only common thing amongst us is we were all self-employed as small business owners, adjusted to the new reality and moved on.
I retired, as have some of my friends. The rest are making so much money they don’t want to stop yet. The other thing that’s common amongst us is that we all started with nothing but the desire to build wealth.
Ignore the macro BS and scare stories and get to work. There’s only so much time available for building wealth and is shouldn’t be wasted, no matter the wailings of others.
They will be the ones left behind, don’t stay with them. The worst that can happen is it will all collapse, and we’ll all start even. Then we’ll quickly leave the rest in the dust again.
I like your attitude!