Self sufficiency to a point. As a serial entrepreneur and sole proprietor, I can tell you that I have run myself into the ground hard trying to be all things. A lucky turn of events has happened for me and I have had the last 60 days away from work. I am slowly digging myself out of this funk. Today wasn’t a good day for me but I am finally having way more good days than bad.
I need to redefine my understanding of “self sufficient” because it ain’t working at all trying to do everything myself. I think moving forward, “self sufficient” will mean “pulling your own weight” to me. The last 15 years has been more than an exhausting struggle trying to be jack of all trades, master of none. More specialization is needed for sanity, and that’s exactly where I am going at the end of the month. We need each other for support, assistance, and efficiency. This isn’t exactly the type of “rugged individualism” that I grew up aspiring to. It has been a hard adjustment. I wish someone had enlightened me many moons ago. I might have more hair and less of it gray.
Sounds like we are already primed and ready to go, the puppet strings are already attached, all they have to do is flip the switch and it’s game over to me.
You raise a truly important point. A critical one in fact.
Modern life is the product of tens of millions of us each doing our own part, day in and day out, relying on each other to do their part. In this hyperspecialized world, we find the efficiency that allows us to feed, clothe, house, employ, and care for 8 billion humans on this planet. 330 million of them live an unbelievably comfortable life as a result.
To ask one man to do all of this is beyond a Herculean task. It is simply not possible. You can't just out-stoic this. You can't just out-work it. As someone who has pushed himself to that limit and felt what happens when things fall apart (twice, in my life in fact), every single one of us has his limits. No one can be all things. To ask such a thing of any of us is to set us up to fail. And recovery from those type of failures is slow and costly.
Flynn's advice is good, but he comes from an environment where an army works as a team. You watch each other's back. One man stands guard while the others sleep. One man covers while the other men run. We have to learn how to work as a team within our own communities. All politics is local. Everything we've done as conservatives since the Tea Party of 2010 has been grass roots. That's our path. It doesn't mean each one of us has to do it all ourselves, but it does mean we need to start thinking about communities: family, friend groups, social organizations, church communities, neighborhoods, etc and found our efficiencies.
We used to know how to do this kind of thing. I remember growing up if there was a tornado or a hurricane or a bad storm, we'd take up a collection of donated goods. Someone locally would organize it. Kids would help. Everyone would chip in something and off we'd send a trailer full of goods to those in need. I remember the Cajun Navy in Houston. We know how to do it, but it does take leadership and initiative. How many such efforts have been organized for East Palestine, OH and all of those upwind or down-river from the chemical contamination?
No feds are going to help in fly-over country. The system is too corrupt to expect a national response at the highest efficiency possible. We're going to have to look out for our own. That's what I'm taking from Flynn's message.
The only upside is that flyover country might be the only place in the country capable of uniting together to help each other. Seems like large urban areas might be the worst place to attempt this. Everyone expects someone else to do something.
Absolutely correct that one man cannot do all things. There are limits. And attempting to defy them results in predictable disaster. Been there. Probably longer than it should have taken to learn that lesson.
Fellowship is underrated. I used to think it was weird as a kid. And a lot of the people at church I wanted nothing to do with. While I still struggle to work and play well with others, I finally understand this concept. More people should do this. Hopefully that will be one of the positives to come out of this clown show.
I might be...perhaps slightly ahead of you. I've actually given up trying to be all things. Kind of forced to. But I got a plan and am relieved it looks possible to not need to do this kind of run yourself into the ground "business." Just need to get going on it!
Self sufficiency to a point. As a serial entrepreneur and sole proprietor, I can tell you that I have run myself into the ground hard trying to be all things. A lucky turn of events has happened for me and I have had the last 60 days away from work. I am slowly digging myself out of this funk. Today wasn’t a good day for me but I am finally having way more good days than bad.
I need to redefine my understanding of “self sufficient” because it ain’t working at all trying to do everything myself. I think moving forward, “self sufficient” will mean “pulling your own weight” to me. The last 15 years has been more than an exhausting struggle trying to be jack of all trades, master of none. More specialization is needed for sanity, and that’s exactly where I am going at the end of the month. We need each other for support, assistance, and efficiency. This isn’t exactly the type of “rugged individualism” that I grew up aspiring to. It has been a hard adjustment. I wish someone had enlightened me many moons ago. I might have more hair and less of it gray.
Q said military is the only way. Q said leave the heavy lifting to us. Q said enjoy the show. Flynn says you're on your own.
Exactly. No amount of mental gymnastics can reconcile these two
...and says Q is bullshit.
And yet gives out Q comms all the time especially lately.
Actually, Flynn said that we have this covered on an international level. It is up to you on a local level. I trust him.
i worked for him before, he's not an original thinker
True, you are not expected to have to kill people. But you’re expected to have to try a bit harder day to day for a while because we’re at war.
Sounds like we are already primed and ready to go, the puppet strings are already attached, all they have to do is flip the switch and it’s game over to me.
You raise a truly important point. A critical one in fact.
Modern life is the product of tens of millions of us each doing our own part, day in and day out, relying on each other to do their part. In this hyperspecialized world, we find the efficiency that allows us to feed, clothe, house, employ, and care for 8 billion humans on this planet. 330 million of them live an unbelievably comfortable life as a result.
To ask one man to do all of this is beyond a Herculean task. It is simply not possible. You can't just out-stoic this. You can't just out-work it. As someone who has pushed himself to that limit and felt what happens when things fall apart (twice, in my life in fact), every single one of us has his limits. No one can be all things. To ask such a thing of any of us is to set us up to fail. And recovery from those type of failures is slow and costly.
Flynn's advice is good, but he comes from an environment where an army works as a team. You watch each other's back. One man stands guard while the others sleep. One man covers while the other men run. We have to learn how to work as a team within our own communities. All politics is local. Everything we've done as conservatives since the Tea Party of 2010 has been grass roots. That's our path. It doesn't mean each one of us has to do it all ourselves, but it does mean we need to start thinking about communities: family, friend groups, social organizations, church communities, neighborhoods, etc and found our efficiencies.
We used to know how to do this kind of thing. I remember growing up if there was a tornado or a hurricane or a bad storm, we'd take up a collection of donated goods. Someone locally would organize it. Kids would help. Everyone would chip in something and off we'd send a trailer full of goods to those in need. I remember the Cajun Navy in Houston. We know how to do it, but it does take leadership and initiative. How many such efforts have been organized for East Palestine, OH and all of those upwind or down-river from the chemical contamination?
No feds are going to help in fly-over country. The system is too corrupt to expect a national response at the highest efficiency possible. We're going to have to look out for our own. That's what I'm taking from Flynn's message.
The only upside is that flyover country might be the only place in the country capable of uniting together to help each other. Seems like large urban areas might be the worst place to attempt this. Everyone expects someone else to do something.
Absolutely correct that one man cannot do all things. There are limits. And attempting to defy them results in predictable disaster. Been there. Probably longer than it should have taken to learn that lesson.
Fellowship is underrated. I used to think it was weird as a kid. And a lot of the people at church I wanted nothing to do with. While I still struggle to work and play well with others, I finally understand this concept. More people should do this. Hopefully that will be one of the positives to come out of this clown show.
Are you me? Exact same spot and duration. Exhausting...
I might be...perhaps slightly ahead of you. I've actually given up trying to be all things. Kind of forced to. But I got a plan and am relieved it looks possible to not need to do this kind of run yourself into the ground "business." Just need to get going on it!