Unfounded anxiety? Oh, absolutely not.
You want the good news or the bad news?
The good? Historically, EVERY civilization has expressed near-suicidal angst at the downward slope of their reality. Going WAY back. And yet - we're still here.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Not Dark Yet - no, wait, it is.
Most everyone I know - including some friends who are Conservative, and whose perceptions I may question, but still value - are in despair at the state of the Union, and some at the state of all the people of Earth.
Unfounded anxiety? Oh, absolutely not.
You want the good news or the bad news?
The good? Historically, EVERY civilization has expressed near-suicidal angst at the downward slope of their reality. Going WAY back. And yet - we're still here.
The bad? And dismiss me if you will, at which point we part ways: the sustainability of anything resembling a middle class life-style - and maybe even the wealthy - is now much more uncertain than it has ever been. Unlimited energy and open space - the premises upon which our cosmic-teen-on-crack practices have always been based - are about to go the way of the dodo. How fitting.
Unfounded anxiety? Oh, absolutely not.
You want the good news or the bad news?
The good? Historically, EVERY civilization has expressed near-suicidal angst at the downward slope of their reality. Going WAY back. And yet - we're still here.
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I think about this quite a bit, have been for a while... being that homeless men have been my clients for six years... and I now face the loss of this job.
My answer to it all, has been to catalog those things that are truly important to me and prioritize.
Kind of a Maslow's pyramid.
So eating well is of prime importance and I know how to provide for myself in that realm. I have cultivated relationships with folks with backyard gardens and backyard chickens.
I'm looking at forming dinner clubs with rotating attendance, so I can benefit from home cooked meals with good company.
Being warm outdoors is desirable, so I just invested in three wool sweaters, that'll see me through the Winter.
I will keep up my Netflix account, because I love Netflix... that's just not negotiable.
I have invested in keeping my car running, cause a different vehicle is not in the budget.
I'm investigating a bike for the neighborhood, to avoid unnecessary car trips.
I have a superb library full of unread books that I will tackle in this new year.
These are my preparatory efforts. With reduced income, I'll eat in more often, thus the addition of a pressure cooker to my kitchen equipment.
The downward spiral is about to hit me come January and I've circled the wagons. Now the gratitude comes from appreciating my friends and family... and taking sympathetic joy from the success of others.
Bro, I believe you have a sound strategy. Based on real values and practicality. Reduced circumstances are not the same as poverty, if I may presume to even make such a statement - big differences being: sobriety (even relative), community, and - prosaic as it may be - planning.
As always, I am proud to be counted among your friends.
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