Society seems to operate on this concept of money. An individual human needs this "money" to obtain food, shelter, and status. But we don't automatically have it upon existence. It is given to us by another entity with money.
People can earn this money by working something called a "job".
Here is the problem... I cannot hold down a job in order to keep a consistent flow of this money. I have held 25+ jobs since age 15. The issue comes into play when I experience long unemployment gaps between jobs. Unemployment gaps = no money obtained. Bills do not stop when someone becomes unemployed. So why I may obtain this money when I work, my bank account becomes drained when I lose a job. It is like I get ahead when I pick up momentum at a job, but then get kicked back many notches when I have job loss. Therefore, I can never get ahead.