If only we know how bad the economy is degrading globally, we would want to push ourselves to our limit and focus on that our skill or business. Taking it up to the next level. Some persons are still skeptical about the business they own, while some are waiting for the opportunities, they were promised to them by friends or relative and others are comfortable because they have rich people around them that if they place a call, they will answer them.
As the economy is getting worst it is difficult for a responsible adult to go to bed without planning on how to grow his business or how to attract new customers, not just new though but potential customers and business partners that will have big influence in his business. Time waits for no man. Yes, the life is filled with ups and down, but we won't stop trying so that we can have that impact on the existence of man just like how other nerds have done.
Some of these category of people are very poor when you meet them one on one and it was the because they focus on other people to help them just like how some graduate fails to learn skills while they where in school and now they are done schooling they don't have any government job and they also done have any skills they will use to support themselves financially.
It's not good to depend on someone no matter the promises the person promised you even though he's your relative you don't have to depend on him or her because humans can fail anytime but when you are taking good advantage of every single opportunity that comes your way you won't be able to depend on someone for a living. It's hard to make money these days that's why one have to work very harder to meet up with everything. There's no way one would work and not earn a living, but before you earn a living you must work to earn it.
I agree with 'working on it' which should be a must. Also with the idea that many people are having desires of owning their own business however, things are not easy. As others have mentioned, inflation affects a country's economy, then that could also affect the overall status of businesses. What I have in mind is to not be 'one dimensional' because of the 'graduate' thing. Problem with economies are not being able to support all professions, leaving graduates on the average. However, an individual has a choice which is whether to develop new skills and create new opportunities for them to make a better living. Alo the idea of stepping up your game; you need to be more in order to earn more. It is just unfortunate that adjustments should be done by people and not the governments when it comes to careers. Nothing's easy for sure but it will all require initiative to adapt with every situation, for better and for worse. Trying is just fine and what's not is to never make an effort to give yourself a nice 'break' you've been waiting eversince.