Working hard is just by determination you can not blame the economic for been hard cause you were born into this world alone so just work hard it will get better.
Everything must start slowly and to be successful and achieve financial freedom requires continuous power and effort. A small example of investing, for example, if you like BTC or other potential assets, you will pay in installments due to budget constraints and if done consistently, it will pay off in the end.
It's the same as building a business activity, for example, selling a small kiosk, initially there were few buyers, but gradually with pleasant service and having complete goods, even though it is small, there may be a minimum sale of 200 dollars per day. I'm sure of that.