It's far from normal i know, (i started out as the only surviving one out of a quadruplet (maybe that's where things already started), got bullied, dropped out of school early, no drivers license, hard to find jobs etc), by far it's never been normal, but it aches trying to find and keep hoping things will eventually turn up somewhat normal. and even in certain jobs it clashed with coworkers sometimes).
I had a job as a flexworker, i was supposed to work with this woman with a few other people, but 3 couldn't manage to work with her, on the other side i had a job for a warehousing position, had 3 interviews (2 with the owner, seemed like a nice guy) there were the vacations in between, took 3 months and then some stranger from the office mailed me saying they wouldn't hire me.
To just keep it short i made my mistakes with jobs (first wanting to get something with computers, then the crisis hit) but i also got screwed over several times on promises (the warehousing position, internships) and such.
But even people with a low income in their thirties are moving back to their parents, because of a housing shortage and i just fear for alot of things to come (and also future generations).

My dad allows me to get a lottery ticket each week in this smaller lottery (80k tickets per week) there used to be a 100k prize each week, now it's 20-40, but at random intervals when the jackpot falls a million (like 6 times a year), i keep hoping on something big or small, even if it was just a little i could look into setting up my own food cart (people will always be hungry after all).
Offcourse i am not putting my whole life or hope into it, some might find it foolish, but i am spiritual and also like to believe with good thoughts it could perhaps one day create positive results too (ala "the secret")
And well maybe first the roughships had to happen before the good things can start to happen, it did change me alot.

I had this idea of coffee in cups to go 15 years ago, no finances either, but had someone that close believing in it, and wanted to join but didn't want to risk putting her house in, a few years later Starbucks came here and grown big, i can name 2 other american things i could introduce here and why i know there would be a small chance in failing.

And i try to keep hope out of those examples with couples in their fourties getting kids (thanks), and offcourse it's all still possible, but there comes a point when it will be too late.

Or, maybe write a book about my life experiences and hope they turn it into a movie. :p