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[Newest Reality]

4. I see that...

There is nothing to show a reason to be optimistic about the next six months, at all. We may most likely be descending into a very difficult era with no recovery at all.

What I mean by that is things will change and things have to change and we won't be going back to the good old days. We will have a long phase of needed changes if all goes well, but not without a lot of hardship and much chaos to punctuate it.

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist waits for it to change. The realist adjusts the sails.

We don't really have the luxury these days of trying to predict exactly how the next six-months, year or two-years is going to go with all this chaos in play. What is most important, and deserves the real emphasis is: how do we get through this now?

It is probably better to go day-by-day and develop coping strategies that are flexible than to put too much emphasis on predictions. That actually might help us get a better outcome.