Adapting to Chaos: Your Survival Guide

Introduction: Welcome to the Chaos

Let’s face it: the world feels like it’s held together by duct tape, hope, and a collective delusion that everything will somehow work out. Climate cultists want to tell us what we can (and cannot) use or do (and that includes the very basic act of living), geopolitics are getting really nasty and threatening to upend our post-Cold War comforts (which have been diminishing over the past couple of decades anyways), and the economy seems to be playing a game of craps with our livelihoods. Oh, and don’t forget the ever-present threat of existential crises, including thermonuclear war, solar storms, pandemics, or the breakdown of order, especially in the post-industrial West.

But here’s the thing: uncertainty isn’t new. We’ve survived plagues, wars, economic collapses, and even the occasional asteroid scare. The difference now is that we’re hyper-aware of the chaos, thanks to the 24/7 news cycle, for better or for worse, mostly for worse, because the News, especially the American MSM (including Fox) are paid liars. We have also developed an addiction to doom-scrolling on our phones, even if what we are doom-scrolling over may not always be helpful. We also had people like the late Lyndon LaRouche, who warned us about the systemic collapse of the West over half a century ago.

Anyways, so, how do we adapt to a Trans-Atlantic world that feels like it’s teetering on the edge of collapse?

This blog post is your guide—not to fixing the world (sorry, I’m not that good), but to navigating it with a mix of resilience, humor, and maybe even a little optimism. Because if we’re going to survive this mess, we might as well laugh while we’re at it.

Embrace the Apparent Absurdity

The first step to adapting to an uncertain world is to accept that life seems (SEEMS) absurd, but it really isn't, and the human life does have a purpose. I mean, think about it: we’re in the image of God. I do not believe mankind is an animal, but our society has fallen so low, that we have a tendency to see gloom and doom in every direction. The world is actually a beautiful place, and I would even go as far as to reference Leibniz's maxim that we live in the best of all possible worlds, but we as humans have a responsibility to make it that way.

One important thing is to understand is that humor is a survival mechanism, and it’s one of the few things that can make the chaos feel a little more manageable, or even enjoyable. Sometimes humor, as with poetry, music (and I mean real music), and art has a way of making us feel powerful, potent, and able to solve problems or create something beautiful in the midst of

Build Your Personal Ark

Noah had the right idea: when the flood is coming, build an ark. In our case, the flood is metaphorical (unless you live in a coastal city, in which case, maybe start learning to swim,). Your ark is your personal resilience plan—the things that will keep you afloat when the world feels like it’s sinking.

Here’s how to build it:

1. Financial Resilience: Save money, even if it’s just a little. Learn to budget, invest wisely, and maybe grow some vegetables in your backyard. Because nothing says “I’m ready for the apocalypse” like a thriving tomato plant.

2. Emotional Resilience: Cultivate a support network of friends, family, and maybe a therapist (and a good and trustworthy one). Talk about your fears, but don’t let them consume you.

3. Physical Resilience: Take care of your body. Exercise, eat well, and get enough sleep. You can’t fight the system if you’re running on caffeine, spite, and processed garbage.

Navigate the "Doom Abyss"

The internet is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it’s a treasure trove of information and cat videos. On the other hand, it’s a bottomless pit of doom and gloom and people who think it's "over" and that the "world is soy." The key is to navigate the “Abyss” without losing your mind or becoming impotent.

Here’s how:

• Curate Your Feed: Unfollow accounts that make you feel hopeless or throw you into a morning rage which will render you impotent for the rest of the day. If you're one of those people who check their social media on their phones the first they do when they get up, AVOID doing that! I will go into that topic in a later blog post). Follow ones that inspire you, make you laugh, fill you with constructive ideas, or simply just stop using social media recreationally.

• Limit Your Consumption: Set boundaries for how much news you consume (and if you can, tune out of the mainstream media entirely and read intelligence instead) You don’t need to know every bad thing happening in the world every second of the day. Why do you need to do that?

• Seek Out Solutions: Instead of just focusing on the problems, look for people and organizations working to solve them. It’s a lot more empowering than wallowing in despair or pissing and moaning all the time.

Find Your Clique

Humans are social, and we’re stronger together, even learning itself is a social process. In a world that feels increasingly divided, finding your tribe—your community of like-minded people—is more important than ever.

Your clique might be your family, your friends, like-minded coworkers, people in your political, religious, or social circles, your clubs or associations, your bowling league, your fellow gamers (and if you're still into video gaming, I strongly, STRONGLY recommend that your quit that timewasting habit quickly, which I will write about in future entries) or a group of strangers on the internet who share your niche interests. Whoever they are, they’re the people who will have your back when things get tough. So, invest in those relationships, learn how to be social even if it can be difficult at times. Show up for them, and let them show up for you. Every person has to have a tribe. Being a loner is never a good idea.

Practice Acceptance

Here’s the hard truth: you can’t control everything. You can’t stop the war hawks in our government single-handedly, you can’t prevent pandemics by yourself, and you can’t force politicians to stop being, well, politicians (although you can, and should call your congressman or woman, and senators, work with groups that align with your views, and pressure them on important issues, like any citizen of a REPUBLIC should do). What you can do is control how you respond to the chaos.

Acceptance is about acknowledging reality as it is, without judgment or resistance. It’s not about giving up—it’s about freeing yourself from the frustration of trying to change things that are beyond your control. Once you accept what you can’t change, you can focus your energy on the things you can. And who knows, maybe the little things you do can create huge changes.

Take Action (But Don’t Burn Out)

Adapting to an uncertain world doesn’t mean sitting back and waiting for the apocalypse. It means taking action where you can, whether that’s volunteering, organizing for change, or just being kind, or at least not being a jerk towards the people around you.

But here’s the catch: you can’t do it all. Burnout is real (and I have experienced that before, and it sucks). Burnout is the enemy of resilience, which you need to function as a human being. So, pick your battles. Focus on the issues that matter most to you, and don’t be afraid to take breaks when you need them.

Cultivate Hope, Even When Someone Tells you that is is "Virtually Impossible"

Hope is a radical act in a world that often feels hopeless. It’s not about ignoring the problems or pretending everything is fine. In fact, being an overly blue-pilled Pollyanna is the other side of the same coin as the cynic. It’s about believing that change is possible, even when the odds seem stacked against us. With that acknowledged, you still go out and fight, despite, or perhaps because the inner Joan of Arc or George Washington in you wants to challenge those odds.

Hope is what drives us to keep going, even when the future feels uncertain. It’s what inspires us to fight for a better world, even when the fight feels endless. So, hold on to hope—not as a naive fantasy, but as a stubborn refusal to give up.

The End?

Here’s the thing: there’s no happy ending to this story—at least, not yet. The world is still a mess, and the future is still uncertain. But that doesn’t mean we’re doomed.

We’re all just figuring it out as we go, and that’s okay. We’re messy, imperfect, and sometimes downright ridiculous. But we’re also resilient, creative, and capable of incredible things.

So, let’s keep adapting. Let’s keep laughing. And let’s keep fighting for a world that’s a little less chaotic and a little more kind. Because if we can do that, maybe—just maybe—we’ll make it through this mess together.