You should never underestimate the power of positive thinking, but you shouldn’t overestimate it either. Young people strapped with debt, priced out of housing and watching their wages lose ground to inflation might be tempted to believe they can just wish it all away, especially when all it takes is a quick trip down TikTok’s #MoneyManifestation rabbit hole to convince them they can.
With stars like Ariana Grande and Dua Lipa publicly professing their belief in the power of manifestation — willing desires into reality by writing, saying and thinking them — why shouldn’t the paycheck-to-paycheck masses try wishing their way to wealth?
