We all launched into the holiday season this week with the arrival of Thanksgiving. I don't know if it's just me, but it felt really different this year.
Things are tight for my family, but for once I wasn't beating myself up for not doing...*something*... to fix it. That's because I realized that it's largely unfixable. This is our situation for the next little while.
But...and bear with me here.
1) It's the situation for many. The government may be trying to cover it up and lie to us saying, "What inflation?" But it doesn't take a high level of awareness to see that there's plenty of inflation and many of us are not keeping pace with that in earnings. So we can look at it as either, "misery loves company" or "we're not alone in this" and what we choose is how we'll proceed. I opt for the second.
2) There's still so much we do have. We were able to have a nice dinner (albeit a non-traditional one) that was only a little bit splurgy. It didn't take out my entire grocery budget for a month, or even a week, because I selected carefully based on what was on sale or in my pantry. I have a cozy home, a family filled with love and acceptance, and a cuddly cat (at least when she's
hungry).
3) We will get through this. It's a different situation for sure, than ones in the past, but with it being so widespread, I think we can expect blanket changes to peoples' expectations and attitudes. Humanity has survived way worse than this. We are built to survive. I've written this before, but always remember that you are the result of centuries and eons of natural selection. You come from a long, long line of survivors.
With an attitude of creativity, thankfulness, and determination, we will get through whatever life is throwing at us next. And preppers are made of resilient stuff.
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