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Ok, so it finally happened.



We knew it could happen, and some things were ready, but most were not.



After a week of noise and a mixture of paralysis and ineffective shaking, it's official: the last cargo with external food entered the harbour yesterday. It seems unlikely that there will be more ships in the next few days.



Those in the know say we need to get ready for major disruption. An euphemism for "no food in the foreseable future".



Of course, there are… Continue

Which means many issues that are troubling me today won't be there.



There'll be other issues, for sure.



My best case scenario includes having "room swadeshi", which means I have all the stuff I need in 1 m³. That 1 m³ includes bed and toilet and light and stove and water filter and foldable solar panel for the netpc. Books fill up a huge portable disk, tho' of course there's a backup on the cloud. (And no, I'm not talking Iceland here.)



I don't grow my own food, but I… Continue

Ok, select someone to "shadow", someone to emulate, so that I'll get out of my comfort zone and into the learning zone ... without entering the "too much chaos" zone.



Three options here:



1. Cheapest, dirtiest one, is assume I'm old enough to be my own hero. After all, I've done quite a number of things myself. Not legal in this game? Won't learn a darn thing? Ok. Had to try! :-)



2. Look at my current set of… Continue

Think ninja warriors without the gear.



Think Harrison Owen, of Open Space Technology fame, and his "one thing less to do" meme. As in 1) meditate, 2) open the space for others, 3) take a nap.



Think Edward de Bono's "Simplicity" book, way too complicated if you ask me, but with condensed messages every other page. (So why exactly did he write the non-condensed versions? Hah, I don't know.)



Think Tarzan, with his Hollywood-appropriate visible underware.



Think… Continue