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Can anyone explain???
Posted 09-30-2008 at 12:32 AM by aiangel_writer
I've spent a great deal of time listening to the news lately, on how the candidates for President are doing and also on the economy.
This year, I've been feeling something, not so much dread nor anxiety or even fear....just a quiet nagging deep in the recesses of my mind that has steered me towards being prepared. It is almost similar to the 'nesting' instinct that women develop when it is almost time to give birth. Subtle, yet they instinctively know time is near.
It's hard to explain as there is no concrete evidence of what is driving my instinct. All I know is that in early Spring things began to really change around my household.
In reality I believe they started changing a year or so ago, but I just didn't notice.
I've been working on getting my finances down, striving to get out of debt. Almost there, then we bought the car and some land and have some business debt. I feel comfortable with that.
But as I was saying, this Spring I knew I had to have a garden. Haven't had one in 12 years, but the drive was really strong to grow and store food. So, my mother in law and I had a garden together, and I also visited the Farmer's market and froze and canned a lot of food this summer. Not as much as I have in the past, but more than I have in years.
With the news yesterday and today I am wondering if this has anything to do with that 'gut' feeling.
I know you are probably scratching your head and wondering if I've completely gone off the deep end here, and there have been times when I have felt the same this summer.
I just know that I feel the need to continue to do this and prepare for bad times. I know I touched on this subject in a thread a while back but I really don't think anyone took it serious.
There have been a couple of threads in the Christian forum that have led me to believe that I am not the only one who has felt different lately.
And the most amazing aspect of all this is that I feel no fear, nor anxiety over the downturn of our economy whatsoever.
Normally things like this would have me quaking in my shoes, but not this time.
I don't quite know what to make of my actions and my non reaction of things.
All I know is that if things should become worse, my family will be able to eat and we can sustain a slow down of the economy for a short duration.
I am the last person that would normally prepare for such an occasion. Yes, I have done a lot of food preserving in the past but that was how I was raised and I didn't 'feel' the need that I must do so, I just preferred to eat fresh. But over the years with my family and job I have had less time to do these things and have happily shopped at the grocer.
Why now? What changed? And why do I not feel the pressure of a drastic downturn in our countries economy? Why am I not shocked?
This year, I've been feeling something, not so much dread nor anxiety or even fear....just a quiet nagging deep in the recesses of my mind that has steered me towards being prepared. It is almost similar to the 'nesting' instinct that women develop when it is almost time to give birth. Subtle, yet they instinctively know time is near.
It's hard to explain as there is no concrete evidence of what is driving my instinct. All I know is that in early Spring things began to really change around my household.
In reality I believe they started changing a year or so ago, but I just didn't notice.
I've been working on getting my finances down, striving to get out of debt. Almost there, then we bought the car and some land and have some business debt. I feel comfortable with that.
But as I was saying, this Spring I knew I had to have a garden. Haven't had one in 12 years, but the drive was really strong to grow and store food. So, my mother in law and I had a garden together, and I also visited the Farmer's market and froze and canned a lot of food this summer. Not as much as I have in the past, but more than I have in years.
With the news yesterday and today I am wondering if this has anything to do with that 'gut' feeling.
I know you are probably scratching your head and wondering if I've completely gone off the deep end here, and there have been times when I have felt the same this summer.
I just know that I feel the need to continue to do this and prepare for bad times. I know I touched on this subject in a thread a while back but I really don't think anyone took it serious.
There have been a couple of threads in the Christian forum that have led me to believe that I am not the only one who has felt different lately.
And the most amazing aspect of all this is that I feel no fear, nor anxiety over the downturn of our economy whatsoever.
Normally things like this would have me quaking in my shoes, but not this time.
I don't quite know what to make of my actions and my non reaction of things.
All I know is that if things should become worse, my family will be able to eat and we can sustain a slow down of the economy for a short duration.
I am the last person that would normally prepare for such an occasion. Yes, I have done a lot of food preserving in the past but that was how I was raised and I didn't 'feel' the need that I must do so, I just preferred to eat fresh. But over the years with my family and job I have had less time to do these things and have happily shopped at the grocer.
Why now? What changed? And why do I not feel the pressure of a drastic downturn in our countries economy? Why am I not shocked?
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I know your feelings Aiangel..I have been paying bills off and putting some away for awhile myself and we are almost debt free now..My H has come out of retirement and at 70 is working again..That money will also be put aside. My girls are already feeling the crunch of the economy and their jobs seem to be worth less and less with the cost of gas and groceries. Yes, I believe we are all facing some very hard times..Posted 09-30-2008 at 06:57 AM by Miss Blue
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I know what you're saying. I understand what you're feeling. It's hard to put into words, isn't it?? Just know you are not alone.Posted 09-30-2008 at 07:50 AM by mams1559
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In one of the very few college classes I've ever taken I had a professor tell us to turn off anything and everything to do with the news including TV, internet, radio, newspapers, etc... ANYTHING that had to do with the news. And do it for two weeks. And at the end of those two weeks see how wonderfully you are sleeping. The news media pumps negativity into us day and night and they are relentless. Give it a try and see how you feel.
Posted 09-30-2008 at 08:44 AM by GCSTroop 
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ya know, my grandparents talked a gread deal about the depression when I was a child. My parents had a work ethic that came from that era and debt was a nasty word. I really am not worried, yet I feel I should be. That is what is so odd about this.
and trooper, I usually do not watch news because I never know what is true or what is overblown etc. yet this one was hard to miss..
blue, mams, I belive God is there for us and this is a time that can be used to help the many that will need it. He is with us, if we allow...maybe that is why I am not so worried.Posted 09-30-2008 at 09:42 AM by aiangel_writer
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One of the best parts of being prepared, feeling prepared, is you worry less because of your efforts. Way to go on getting rid of a lot of debt and amassing a food storage. We have worked toward some of the same goals too, but can always do more.Posted 09-30-2008 at 07:24 PM by emeraldsky
