All About the Panic-Free Lifestyle of Self-Sufficient Living

by Kellene The Red Dragon of Debt [caption id="attachment_4986" align="alignright" width="218" caption="A Few Good Men "You Can't Handle The Truth" photo c/o www.eucatastrophe.com"][/caption] As I write today’s article, I keep hearing this familiar voice in the back of my mind. It’s the voice of Jack Nicholson as his character yells indignantly to Tom Cruise’s character in “A Few Good Men.” With blood vessels bulging around his neck and his face turning red, Nicholson’s character convincing hollers “You can’t handle the truth!” to those present in the courtroom setting. This character delivers this line with the utmost of belief that the general population of our nation simply cannot or do not care to understand what goes on around them in spite of the fact that it critically affects their everyday living.

The Crisis of Uberland

In our last article, I endeavored to demonstrate to you the reality that desperation plays into our international world of finance. It distorts rational thinking and actions.   Today, I’m going to step away from that aspect and put currency in its proper perspective.  Understand that I’m writing these pieces in a methodical order in an effort to give you the best education of these vital money matters.  I have always felt that you can’t bust yourself out of prison if you don’t even know you’re in one.  So read today’s article for what it is on its own and then I’ll tie these all up for you in a subsequent article in this series.

Hey Folks. Sorry to have to share this with you because I know that some of you are waiting with “baited breath” for the rest of this financial series…but since I am a real live person doing this writing, I Read more…

[caption id="attachment_4924" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Many people have lost their homes due to sub-prime mortgages photo c/o www.hpadesign.com/"][/caption] Question for you. If you could have predicted the sub-prime mortgage crash and had been able to be better prepared for the consequences, would you have taken any action to do so?  The preparedness could have been in the form of buying stocks/insurance to hedge against the crisis, or it could have been paying off debts in a alternative strategy, etc.  The point is, being forewarned of any serious financial disaster is critical, right?  Well, at the risk of sounding a bit “gloom and doom” I’m sharing with you briefly that over the next two days I’m

Some time ago I was giving a class on the area of Mental Preparedness. Just as a reminder, the area of Mental Preparedness is about the acquisition of knowledge, mental fortitude to do what you’ve got to do to keep your family safe and secure, as well as the pursuit of honing your knowledge into skills. One of the things that I regularly teach about is the reconstruction of our nation if such an instance ever becomes necessary.

Throughout the last several weeks of writing for this blog, I have repeatedly addressed why the term “emergency preparedness” does not generate genuine attention and interest from the majority of persons around us.  Today, I’d like to address the scientific reasoning behind that rationale a bit more in depth as I’ve been sharing in some of my classes as of late.  I think it may help us all better realize why trying to prepare for an emergency is a self-defeating approach to readiness.

Imagine that you are a well-paid executive in New York City in September, 2001.