Preparing for the coming economic tsunami

Due to my own preoccupation with personal issues, I have been sadly remiss in not keeping this blog current and moving positively. To remedy this condition, a transition to a more current topic may be of assistance.

 

Over the past few weeks, my mind has begun to coalesce around a topic that several discussions with friends and family has been pushing my consciousness into spending time addressing. This activity occurs during times of sleep, inactivity, and relaxation and then bubbles to my awareness once I have time to ponder their existence. It is a wonderful skill that anyone can learn, but it will take time and patience, but more on this latter.

 

These topics that have been formulating in my subconscious have to deal with a similar set of questions I have been asked recently about "how do I deal with this economic environment, how do I prepare for a possible worsening of employment or financial well-being?"

 

Such interrogatives have occupied the mind of most people given the state of decline in the current economic landscape. Every week more lose their employment conditions, many find their obligations are overwhelming their income potentials, energy costs are unpredictable, and future government demands appear to be increasing. All these depressive events increase the fear and uncertainty many are feeling about their futures. These mental wrappings are now forcing many to think about what, if anything, can they do to prepare for what may be a bleak outlook.

 

Let me begin by putting your "survivalist tendencies" to rest. You will not be able to buy, store, and protect enough supplies to keep you and your loved ones during a period of "atypical economic" unrest. First, would you really be able to turn away a friend with a hungry family once they know you have supplies they lack? Second, would you be able to take up arms to protect your cache once strangers know you have supplies to pilfer? Finally, how long can your cache actually last if the economic storm lasts past the first two events?

 

Given your inability to "survive an economic tsunami" what can you do to prepare to at least lessening its impact on your life? I offer the principle which I have called: "Dealing with the Void." I will go into this in my next few blogs, but understanding what is coming prejudices our attention.