Are You Prepared If/When the Shit Hits the Fan?

What would you do if the world as you know it stopped working like it does? What is a disaster hit, and resources were cut off? What is a crisis occurred and you currency was devalued? What if transportation was down and supplies didn't get to where you live? What would you do?

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A disaster in life can hit any time. We are so interconnected that we are co-dependent in our modern way of life. Most people aren't prepared to live without these dependencies. Most people don't even think this could happen to them or their way of live. We are taking much for granted.

Even in areas recognized as dangerous, with previous disasters having hit, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, or earthquakes, people don't acknowledge the threat when it arrives, and keep going along with their business as usual. They live their lives as though nothing has changed, and everything is normal.

This is known as the normalcy bias. We're so conditioned to take what we have for granted, that it will always be this way. We even become numb to changes when they occur, thinking they won't even affect us.

People in Hawaii were told to evacuate when the lava erupted, but many stayed home, falsely thinking everything was fine and that they weren't in any danger. Then the lava came and burned up their house. The same for wildfires. People stay and leave, sometimes too late.

People often think bad things can happen. But when the threat is right in front of them, they think the bad thing is only going to happen to someone else, not them. For some reason, they are safe. They can't accept the reality of their lives being at risk, unless they've already faced that reality in the past, and know that a threat is real.

Risks are underestimated, and the likelihood of something bad happening is minimized in favor of "positive" thinking. They think they are safe even when there is danger before them. This prevents people from reacting to the threat. And as such, people don't think ahead to prepare in case danger comes.

Our way of life can easily be disrupted. It's in our best interest to acknowledge the normalcy bias and reject it's overbearing influence to blind us to threats in our immediate presence, or potential threats that can arise in the future. We can prepare for many emergency situations, and be ready for shit happening.

Failure to think ahead and prepare for possible emergency situations is also part of the normalcy bias. Thinking there will always be food in the grocery store, or stocks shelves elsewhere for us to buy things when we need them, is failing to recognize how what is supplied to us can change in a very short period of time. When the shit hits the fan, people are rushing stores and emptying shelves because they weren't prepared ahead of time. Some get there just in time, while others don't.

When it comes to your survival, only you can prepare for it. We live in a great time of abundance with things at our fingertips. But it can all slip away from our grasp without our control. While it's here, we should be mindful of that fact and not take it for granted, as through it will always be this way.

All societies based on fiat currency have failed in the past. We are likely headed towards that eventuality as well. It's only a matter of when. Are you ready for it? Or do you think it can't possibly happen, or happen to you in your lifetime? The financial system is artificially inflated, and has been on the brink of collapse for years. The illusion can only go on for so long before the biggest bubble in history pops.

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