I was talking to a guy who was telling me he lived in Portland, Oregon for about 4 1/2 years but he said he had to leave to get work. I was telling him an alternative lifestyle like many people had in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and for some even into the 1990s works better in good times. In bad times if you are not careful being too experimental just ends your life.
People in bad times tend to become more modest and simplistic out of the necessity of sheer survival. Complexity also, tends to be more for really good times and not necessarily for bad times as well.
When you are paired down to survival you have to always be thinking and taking an interest in your survival more than you otherwise might have to. By taking an interest in your survival rather than just panicking because it isn't what you expected you will tend to survive. If you spend all your time bemoaning what your life isn't often your life might end or become so unbearable (at least in your mind) where you might make bad choices.
Survival almost always comes from taking an interest in your survival much like you would in a video game. After all, if life isn't interesting what is?
But then, there is always the Chinese Curse, "May you be born in interesting times!" When this statement was coined if you weren't bored you and your family might be close to death or dying from one or more causes. So, if your life is made interesting by unexpected events ifyou can be interested in creating a solution you just might survive your life and go "Wow! I didn't know I had it in me to survive that! I'm really impressed just how strong I actually am."
I had this kind of experience from about 1994 until around 2000 when my life got a lot easier. But from 1994 until about spring 1999 I was not expecting to live another year. But, when you have kids sometimes you are Superman because you have no other choice!
So, SuperDads and SuperMoms just remember what I'm saying. I survived and so did my kids and we are all fine almost 20 years later.
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