Just Slow Down and Take a Breath

[Eric the Green]

(10-13-2021, 02:37 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(10-13-2021, 11:33 AM)tg63 Wrote: I equate this feeling to the sense of urgency that a 4T brings - the same drivers that require a response to the crisis of the day are the things that make us unable to relax & slow down at a personal level.
Really what you're asking for is a 21st century version of a Leave it To Beaver lifestyle ... it's coming ...

But not until the late 2030s.

Remember, IF we get the stubborn and greedy politics dominant today out of the way, a big IF, the 1T should start at the end of this decade. The Leave it to Beaver Lifestyle refers to the middle or later parts of the 1T; the early 1T is still somewhat less settled, less comfortable, complacent or insidiously authoritarian than the middle 1T Leave it to Beaver, Ward Cleaver dominated lifestyle. In the early 1T, the aftershocks still shake us a bit. Things are more like The Honeymooners than Leave it to Beaver.

And remember, if we don't make some dramatic advances on the road back to progress, chiefly reversing climate change, as well as getting back to less domination by the wealthy and more willingness to pay taxes and support each other, the years scheduled in our cycle for the 1T will not be comfortable, and there will be no Leave it to Beaver complacency to look forward to.

But on a personal level, we can relax and slow down at any time. It may be harder if you are caught up in today's crises-- such as if you go to war, or your house burns or floods or gets blown away and you have to move or seek refuge, or go to the hospital with your life in danger or isolate at home, or lose your source of income...... but it can still be done....