We Are Not Lazy A Message From the Unemployed Youth People call us lazy. People say this generation only knows how to sit at home, scroll on phones, waste time, and complain. But nobody asks why millions of young people are unemployed despite studying for years. Nobody asks why educated youth spend their days sending resumes into systems that never reply. Nobody asks what it feels like to wake up every morning with ambition in your heart and uncertainty in your pocket. Society sees the result. Very few people try to understand the struggle behind it. We are not lazy. We are tired of being ignored. We are tired of hearing speeches about “the future of the nation” while the present of the youth keeps collapsing. We are tired of being judged by relatives who ask the same question at every family gathering: “What are you doing these days?” As if survival itself is not already a full-time job. Some of us studied day and night. Some of us sacrificed sleep, peace, friendships, and happin...