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Survival Sunday: March 3, 2024

Happy weekend, friends!

Survival Sunday is a personal note and a round-up of the week's news
and resources for folks who are interested in being prepared. This
curated collection of information is only available to email and Patreon
subscribers.

Have a great week ahead!

Daisy

A PERSONAL NOTE

 

I'm an optimist.

Sometimes, I get down and depressed. Yes, it's human nature, but I've
always been a bit more prone to serious depression than some folks. As
anyone who has ever dealt with "the black dog" (as Winston Churchill
called it) knows, it is a deep, suffocating kind of darkness that is
impossible to describe to those who have never been in that place.

This may sound like it's in opposition to my statement that I'm an
optimist, but it's not. In fact, it's by the very nature of optimism
that I'm able to pull myself out of that awful place.

When you're going through a horrible hard time, my best advice is the
following:

Give yourself a schedule and mark it with certain actions.

For example, I get up at about the same time every day. I get dressed,
though I'm not leaving the house. I make coffee and get my work done
first thing. I reward myself by doing something enjoyable after that,
like reading entertainment news or something equally inane. I eat lunch
and dinner at about the same time each day, and end by taking a shower
and shutting off my devices for the rest of the night.

Make your life easier.

When times are hard, use shortcuts. Mental tiredness is every bit as
detrimental as physical tiredness. So, at times when you're struggling,
get the bagged salad, the pre-cooked rotisserie chicken, and the frozen
veggies. Make keeping good habits in your life as easy as possible. Keep
healthy eating simple.  Use easy systems for cleaning. Have a clean
laundry basket if you can't put it away. (Don't just leave it on the
floor.) Make your life easier to support yourself in getting the rest
you need to recover.

Find things you can do.

One of the problems leading to the overwhelming sadness I'd been dealing
with was that I couldn't do my normal activities. Finally, I was
inspired to focus on things I can do right now, such as working on my
novel. (I'm posting it every couple of weeks on The OP
to
keep myself accountable.) I organized my closets by putting the contents
on a wheeled cart, which I pulled over to the sofa and sorted out into
proper containers. I'm increasing my language studies. I'm spending at
least an hour every day reading or watching something educational. I'm
making myself better in every way that I can and it feels good to have
some accomplishements.

Take time to grieve.

When something bad happens, whether it's a life-changing injury, job
loss, the breakup of a relationship, or the loss of a family member,
don't force yourself to soldier through like everything is A-OK. What
you don't deal with now you will have to deal with later. This stuff
doesn't just go away. You're human, and it's absolutely normal to be sad
when you've lost someone or something. In fact, I encourage you to lean
into it and take some time to just feel it. It's the healthiest way to
handle your feelings.

But put a clock on this based on the severity of the loss and the
urgency of other matters in your life. It might be a couple of days for
some events or a couple of weeks (or more) for others. There's a reason
that the Victorian era had a mourning period when someone died. The
important thing, after feeling your feelings, is not to get mired in
them. Set a goal of doing X after a specific amount of time has elapsed,
and get on with your changed life at that point.

This is the formula that helps me begin to see things in color again
after seeing only black and white during the bad times. One morning, I
wake up and I can hear the birds again, I notice the sun shining through
the window, and I feel lighter and happier.

If you aren't a person who deals with depression, I hope this provides
some insight if you have loved ones who do. If you're concerned that the
person you love is thinking about hurting themselves, please get them
the help that they need to deal with this. It's important to note that
not everyone handles a depressive episode in the same way, and my
suggestions are what works for me - they aren't universal. We all have
to work through things in our own ways.

There are so many beautiful little things in the world and so many
lovely moments. If you can focus on this - on recognizing them and
creating them - it will help you to get through the hard times

One of the things I've been focusing on is building my puzzle
business.  I love making these word lists so much because I always
learn something and to me, learning is living.

I finished my puzzle book for homesteaders and
got it through Amazon's vetting process last week. I think my prepper
friends will LOVE this one. It's got puzzles such as Root Cellars,
Gardening Methods, Homestead Poultry, and Soapmaking and so many more.
It was a lot of fun to make.

You can get it here.

As always, if you buy my books please, please if you think I've earned
it, leave me a five-star review. This helps my books to be seen by other
folks by moving me up the rankings. You can find all of the American
Dreamer puzzle books here .

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Here's some content from the previous week that you may find
interesting.

* "We Will Have A Hard Landing At Some Point. I Guarantee You That."

* OPERATION TORCH TEXAS: Just like Maui, another stealthy scheme of
pyro-terrorism after the Panhandle was furtively geoengineered into a
tinderbox

* Ten Serious & Recurring Economic Fallacies That Our Leaders Cannot (Or
Will Not) Stop Projecting

* NY Gov Kathy Hochul SHOCKING Decision, threatens to Freeze Truckers
Accounts.

* State attorneys general say more than 85,000 children lost at the
border

**The report issued this month shows many of the children could be in
the labor market or sex trafficked...**

* A Pipeline Of Criminals Into The United States

* From Trucker Boycotts To Grid Down - There's Only One Way To
Survive A Food Crisis

* Here's What Will Be Affected During Impending Government Shutdown

* Why Are Billionaires Selling Off Stocks And Building Massive Survival
Bunkers?

* What New York City is Like Now

* Dissolving Illusions About Vaccine Safety

* Technocensorship: When Corporations Serve As a Front for Government
Censors

* NYC Protest Begins. Truckers Block New York. Investors Boycott

* CIA Built "12 Secret Spy Bases" In Ukraine & Waged Shadow War For Last
Decade, Bombshell NYT Report Confirms

**Decade-long secret war against Russia is no longer a "conspiracy
theory"...**

* Record 6 Tons Of Meth Valued At $117 Million Seized Trying To Enter
Texas From Mexico

* Are YOU Prepared for an Even BIGGER Cellular Outage?

* New York Moves to Begin Vaccinating Children Without Parental Consent

**"would allow any medical procedure to be done to children of any age
without parental knowledge or consent."**

* Was America Just Attacked? We Have Now Been Put On Notice That Our
Communication Infrastructure Is Extremely Vulnerable

* To Understand The Globalists We Must Understand Their Psychopathic
Religion

* 80% of Americans test positive for pesticide found in Cheerios, Quaker
Oats

**linked to fetal and reproductive problems**

* The Widow in the Woods: Part 3

* US Bank Crisis Looms As Deposit Outflows Accelerated Last Week, Loan
Volumes Stagnate

* California Seized Enough Fentanyl In 2023 To Kill Global Population
'Twice Over'

* 10 Home Security Secrets from Venezuela

* New York AG Letitia James Files Lawsuit Against Worlds Largest Beef
Producer for 'Misleading Public' About its Impact on Climate

**"The beef industry is one of the largest contributors to climate
change, and JBS has falsely advertised its commitment to sustainability
and endangered our planet."**

* The Threat to Currencies from Banking Failures

* 11 Manual Kitchen Tools Every Prepper Needs

* SuperCore Inflation Soars In January, Services Costs Re-Accelerate As
Govt Handouts Spike

* Congressional Leaders Announce Deal To Avert Shutdown

* It Looks Like Ukraine Will Join NATO. How Will Putin Respond?

* Biden Operative Inserted Into Fani Team According To Insider; Jim
Jordan Reveals New Whistleblower

**"He is the brainchild behind this. That is the connection to the White
House."**

* Peter Schiff: Booming Stock Market Mirrors Dot-Com Bubble

* Where You Keep Your Preps Matters

* 4 Absolutely Massive Bombshells About The War In Ukraine That Every
American Needs To See

* "A House Of Cards, Supported & Backed By Blind Faith..."

* How to Start Over After a Disaster

* Home Inventory Printable

* This Is What The Early Stages Of A Severe Recession Look Like

* Dear Diary, It's Me, Jessica: Part 4

* The Pitfalls of Central Planning

* 7 Items I Keep in My Thrifty Things Survival Kit

* Don't Lose What You Store: 6 Tips To Protect Your Prepper Pantry

* 15 Native American Herbs & Recipes

* A Pro Tip On Gathering Human Intelligence

* What Is Readiness? A Calm, Rational, Prepared State of Mind

* How To Restore Vintage Tools

* Here's How I'm Adjusting to Lower Income and Higher Prices

* Anthrax Survivor! Dr. Nina Cerfolio's Life Journey

* 50 Early Spring Vegetables

* How The Old Timers Made Canned Goods Go Further & Taste Better.

* 28 Emergency Items You Forgot To Get

* Civil War Preparedness - Part 3: Protecting Yourself

* You Used to Have Money and Now You're Broke: How to Adapt to
Financial Changes

* What Is Solar Maximum, and Why Should I Care?

* 33 Old-School Life Hacks That Used to Be Common Knowledge

* Why Some Big Stores Can't Take Cash If The Grid Is Down.

* This Is How An EMP Will Ruin Your Stockpile

* Civil War Preparedness - Part 2: Finding Shelter

* How "Embracing the Suck" Will Help You Survive When the SHTF

* Prepping for Industrial Disasters

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