The Storm on the Horizon: Get Ready
I fly way too much. But it gives me time to think, to read and write. It’s the end of the 3rd quarter of 2023.
It’s looking pretty grim. We’ve just come out of a 2 year global pandemic and the incompetent, heavy handed lockdowns across the globe. So many of us have been broken. Businesses have been destroyed, people isolated for 2 years and mentally traumatized.
War continues to be waged by the barbarian Russians in Ukraine. China is aggressively pushing all over Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The world is fracturing into the Global West (USA, EU, Canada, Japan, AUNZ), The Global East (China/Russia) & The Global South (Africa, SEA, India, Middle East and Latam).
Politically, the USA is divided and the populace angry. Income inequality grows. Large corporations and the government erode and intrude into our privacy and civil rights. Inflation continues and the economy for all intents and purposes is in recession, The job losses abound all over the USA.
As we have found over the last few cycles, these mass Layoffs started in Tech in Q3 of 2022, then Wall Street followed 6 months later Q1, 2023. It will be happening on MainStreet 6 months after that. Net Net: It’s going to be a rough next few years.
As the character John Connor from the Terminator movies states: “There is a storm on the horizon. A time of hardship and pain.”
I’ve railed about the incompetence, arrogance and greed of our politicians. Stupid woke & ESG policies domestically and our foreign encroachments in the Middle East that have wasted lives and resources.
I’ve also complained about the complacency and entitlement of people in the West, especially in Canada, the USA and Western Europe. All of whom have squandered the prosperity that our ancestors built for us. Our forefathers would be embarrassed by what they see today. Weakness, cowardice, laziness and stupidity.
But I choose to channel my anger and rage at what I can do and not at what I see. I believe this downward slide can be arrested. As John Connor says: “There is no fate but what we make.”
We can still turn things around and this starts with yourself. Making yourself stronger, physically and mentally. Learn skills & make money (ethically). Assemble resources and build a strong community. Steeling ourselves for the hardships that will come.
I loved what was said in the Mandalorian tv show which I really enjoy. Hardship is like a forge.
“This is the forge. The heart of Mandalorian culture. Just as we shape the Mandalorian steel, we shape ourselves. We all begin as raw ore. We refine ourselves through trials and adversity. The forge can reveal weaknesses.”
So get ready for even more turbulent times. It’s the new Hunger Games coming. Surviving is thriving. And the stronger and better prepared you are, the more people you can help. Charity ultimately starts at home.