[manwithahammer]

Hi Nicole,
Glad to hear you will still be contributing after an adjustment period. Too bad about the lectures I’ve seen you speak twice now; once in Barrie and once at our transition group in Haliburton. I’ve tried to use my reflections on those talks as the basis for my strategy for the coming years. Eliminate debt, hold cash or equivalents, invest only what you can afford to loose, invest instead in easy to maintain long lasting tools, secure your energy sources, grow food, learn useful skills and use them… Works well most of the time, I try to avoid terms like prepping or collapse as it makes people uncomfortable and honestly most of the hard core members of that world make me uncomfortable…
As for NZ… I looked at the site and could imagine several spots to fit in but with young kids and an established plan here it won’t happen. I can’t help but notice that there is a “feel” to the site that screams gated community. Great intentions I’m sure but sounds like a community of financially well established older people paying for services. As a somewhat younger person with many of the skills those communities need I would probably burn out. Just a gut instinct and I’m sure you will work to undo those perceptions. Happy journey!

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