After Years of Hard Work

Text on the meme

WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I WAS POOR BUT AFTER YEARS OF HARD WORK, I AM NO LONGER YOUNG

What it means

A blue-haired anime-style girl appears in two panels. The first says she was poor when young, while the second reveals that after years of hard work, she is no longer young—the joke is that hard work brought aging instead of wealth. It is used as a self-deprecating reaction to getting older without becoming successful.

Objects

blue-haired girl / девушка с синими волосами anime-style character / персонаж в стиле аниме school uniform / школьная форма red bow / красный бант blue sky / голубое небо clouds / облака two-panel meme / мем из двух панелей portrait / портрет