Understanding the Void and its personal impact

Given the most likely scenario predicting the impact of the government's intrusion into the private sector, the most likely increase in unemployment to over 10% average with some areas more and some less, the continued consumer pullback in spending resulting in the normal capitalistic "death spiral" down to the point where prices have reset to support the entrepreneurial blossom occurring at the bottom of the spiral.

 

As the pullback impacts our lives we begin to slow down spending on what is classified as "luxuries or extravagances". This reduce spending removes fillers in our lives such as eating out, going to movies, having unlimited communication services, and other such noises. As the fillers are removed, the Void begins to form, and this is what causes the pain of forbearance accompanying the loss of these preoccupations. It is how we deal with the Void that helps us prepare for the coming recession/depression.

 

There appears to be a big reason that only in the US was the 1930's called the Great Depression. I believe that with the loss of employment, status, position, lodging, and yes, even the ability to put food on one's family table caused the Void in many during this period. For the coming economic downturn which is only getting started and soon to be exacerbated by the ARRA 2009 passed on Friday by the US Congress. the Void will form upon the loss of activities, communication access, electronic gadgetry elimination, and others.

 

You can prepare for this coming environment by beginning to simplify your life before it happens; by learning to reduce the size of the Void before it is forced upon you. Going from numbing levels of activities, scheduling conflicts, incessant digital contact, and 24-7 global events viewing will not be easy unless we begin to prepare for life simplification.

 

LS (life simplification) is the process by which one prepares for a coming catastrophic lifestyle change without having the event horizon form consuming our ability to cope with the change. LS is a process of voluntarily reducing the "life noise" that has accumulated during a period of abundance and/or opulence that can not be sustained. Such a period of "decomplification" is what appears to be approaching on the economic horizon. How you prepare for this lifestyle reformatting will determine your mental ability to cope with its emotional and psychological impacts.

 

The next blog will address the four (4) stages of LS, and how you can prepare for the coming  economic tsunami without feeling loss or reduction in social status.