This is apparently written by http://team10tim.substack.com/, who also wrote http://team10tim.substack.com/p/the-nyt-leak
Crunch time is here. Advice for the latecomers. Mindset, skillset, toolset. Mindset first.
The collapse now and avoid the rush strategy encompasses a lot of territory, but the biggest single theme is minimizing risks. If you haven’t already started then there are going to risks that you are going to have to run with everyone else. The first risk is giving up.
In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union a huge number middle aged men committed suicide or drank themselves to death because they lost their sense of self worth, that could be social status or personal meaning or just a failure to cope with a world that no longer makes sense.
There are some things you can do. First, get used to the idea. Read Dmitry Orlov’s Reinventing Collapse which compares the collapse of the USSR to a potential collapse of the USA and also John Michael Greer’s Twilight’s Last Gleaming for a narrative of to give you a sense of how things play out. You might also read up on the Great Depression, a good one is We Had Everything but Money, or the collapse in Argentina. Get used to the idea that the world is going to change in challenging ways and what is unthinkable today will be inevitable tomorrow. Second, work on yourself. Learn to do something hard like 100 push ups or speaking Chinese. You are going to have to do a great many things that used to be done for you. Get yourself ready for it by doing some of those things now. Pick one and learn to do it. Do it as if it will make the difference between squatting in a shopping mall eating pigeons and living in your own place buying groceries, because it might. Third, do something spiritual. Get your entire being into shape, not just mind and body. Learn magic, become a druid, go to church, or whatever suits you, but whatever it is spend 15-30 minutes a day becoming a whole person. What’s coming is going to test you in ways that our culture has done nothing to prepare you for so getting grounded and preparing to face trials and tribulations is important.
Skillset and toolset are going to depend on your circumstances so I can’t give you any specific advice. But mindset is the first hurdle so get yourself ready to rise to the challenge. Learn to be that person who takes it on the chin and picks themselves up and teaches themselves a new trade when everyone else is glued to their phones.
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