It has been interesting to see what is going on in the UK at the moment in regards to fuel shortages, where fuel isn't scarce, truck drivers are. The reason is that a lot of the labor force that used to drive through the country were foreign and now that the Brexit restrictions have come into affect, many have left the country. Not only drivers of course, but it is estimated one million people have left over the last few months, predominantly form service industries and often lower-paid positions.
For all of those people who have said "you come here and steal our jobs" and are out of work, why are you still out of work? People are needed and they are paying a premium for filling the positions now, so get out there.
No takers?
It is interesting that when people make many of their decisions, they don't take into consideration what the knock-on effects might be once the decision is made. At the time of Brexit, I assume people weren't picturing army personnel being deployed to service stations to stop people fighting over petrol, or the prospect of not having enough food on the shelves for a decent Christmas dinner, but that is where they are headed.
While I keep getting reprimanded for "thinking about the future too much" as I am meant to enjoy the moment more, I wonder if those who do enjoy the moments now, have more enjoyment than me on average, as their lives get increasingly hard? It is great to let loose every now and then and splurge, but if that leads to increasing personal resource scarcity, the ability to do so becomes less frequent and more costly when it is done.
The thing is, that once a resource is spent, it does become water under the bridge, but unfortunately, the ramifications of our actions are part of the stream itself, meaning that an upstream event is going to have effects on what we experience downstream. I prefer to solve problems upstream, so I don't go over a waterfall downstream, whereas some people like to float along in the stream and take the "I'll cross that bridge when I come to it" approach, assuming that there will be a bridge at all.
Bridges are built, which means that if we aren't building them ourselves, we are going to have to rely on others to build them for us. That is fine if we have a community that will, but these days, it is becoming rare and we are increasingly finding ourselves losing quality of life ground, with less lifelines hanging into the water to grab onto. and since many are not building for themselves, they find themselves drowning.
Drowning in debt, bills, pressure, loneliness...
It is no surprise that people are becoming more depressed, because as their YOLO lives are turning into barely living, just surviving day to day experience. A lack of planning and a mindset that encourages instant gratification and overspending has led many of into a world where we have been accustomed to getting what we want, but are increasingly unable to satisfy our desires. Our debts grow as we try to keep up, but we are also less able to service them, with less opportunity in many industries to advance our earnings to cover our growing hunger for more. And the more depressed we become, the more likely we are to lose what little self-control we have and binge eat on consumer goods, making the problem worse.
As I keep saying, investing is the future of earning and has been for a while, but most people think they need to earn more in order to do so. They instead use their earnings to meet their desires, rather than using them to generate more income now and better meet their desires in the future instead. They buy little and useless now, forego the ability to buy big and meaningful later.
The fastest way to get a payrise is not to work harder and beg your boss (though that can work too), it is to invest additional income into building alternative income streams. Yet, people will instead use that additional income for consumer activities that bring them close to zero value, meaning that their time is a negative, a cost, instead of time being money. It is interesting what people value and if they stepped back and actually looked at their lives, they would see it too.
A couple hours spent in front of a TV and a coupe of hours spent learning about investment strategies and using small amounts in the markets, is of far more value than watching two movies instead. And interestingly, the people who take the hybrid approach generally end up finding that the investing activity is far more entertaining than the movies anyway, so spend less time consuming, more time generating.
That is the future of us - we are a generative species.
While the time we have spent in the past is water under the bridge but still affects us, what we do going forward is yet to be written in the stream of experience, meaning we can still create new habits if we choose, think again, do differently and change the course of our stream.
That's my bridge.
Taraz
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Honestly, I read this mirroring my recent experiences.
Most people fantasizing, shouting and acting YOLO may not even be able to sustain the lifestyle and sacrifice the future for the now.
I've had to buy something cheap but the value deprecated so fast, I wished I had wait till I could buy big and more valuable.
I'd have saved or invested the little so as to be able to obtain the big and better later.
Delayed gratification..
There is an old saying that goes something like, "buy cheap, buy several times" - it doesn't quite work with a lot of consumer goods now as they are designed as disposable, but people should really think about the value something brings into their lives before purchasing.
I agree with you.
The fuel shortages could cause problems in many industries. I have read that Btistish Army's trained personnels are ready to drive fuel to service stations. Also, the UK government are offering temporary visas for foreing drivers.
I wonder whether they did consider the shortage of workers, which has threatened supply chain, while planning the Brexit.
They did consider the shortage and expected locals to backfill. Didn't happen in most instances as the shortages are often in positions that locals don't want to work in, which is why they were filled by foreign labor originally anyway.
I think consuming times on movies also can not be ignored because this way we might unsupport the industry where many people are working for livelihood.
What happening in UK also not an healthy financial ecosystem for Truck driver job seekers and even Job Givers.
Yes, but perhaps there would be a realignment of value within the industry, instead of a couple people getting the vast majority, while most work as almost slave labor.
It’s obvious that they weren’t interested in picturing these consequences when the decision was being voted now it’s coming back to bite them hard. It might get worse before It gets better
It might get worse if people aren't getting their PS5s for Christmas... #realproblems
I've lived most of my life in "farm country". The labor laws here dictate that all employment needs to be offered to the "locals" for at least a month before the farms are allowed to fly in immigrant workers (typically from the Caribbean).
Farm work is hard work. It's steady pay ... but you are up early, you work rain or shine, and there are few days off. So as you can guess, no-one local ever applies for the job.
I can't imagine what would happen if the gov't ever closed the door to that labour pool.
I agree with your second point ... a little bit of passive income and investment (in currencies as well as knowledge) can go a long way in improving your life.
I recently had a Vet Emergency that forced me to shuffle some crypto and fiat in order to pay the bills. If I didn't have a little nest egg, I would have needed to euthanize an otherwise healthy dog.
This would be quite a disruption in the US I imagine. In Finland too to some degree. Last year, they were unable to collect all the strawberries and blueberries that were demanded, as normally Thai/Filipino seasonal workers do a lot of the work.
This is what is important to recognize - a little planning can make a world of difference in our experience. I know a lot of people who have and are struggling and wouldn't have any other options in this scenario - but it isn't that they couldn't have other options. Can't wait until needing it to start building it.
I am not one for TV. In fact I don't even own one, but I certainly get your point. Yes, folks don't think ahead and take responsibility. But a balance of bridges and boundaries are perhaps the best approach.
Boundaries seem to be things people feel are enforced upon them, not things they can choose for themselves.
This is what I am taking from this post.
People need to think more like this.
I am sure after reading your post for one year, I will be so immune to things that give instant gratification.
Really cool post
No one is completely immune - it takes practice to make it so we can catch it before making the decisions we do :)
Brexit, yes. But that's not the whole story. Plenty of people left in the UK to drive the trucks but they don't want to...
I have heard there is a backlog of drivers waiting to be certified, but it only covers about half the gap.
Yeah, but lots have steadily left the industry due to poor working conditions etc (nothing to do with brexit).
Also worth noting the part that social media and 24hr news had in whipping up the panic - there was no need for any of it. It was something out of nothing...
Normally is something out of nothing - which makes it strange people keep making it into something. :)
It should find some balance in time, but I suspect they will have to pay a bit more.
It’s really a lot that 1 million people left in a few months
especially from service industries at a time when people aren't willing to work.
btw, using a Steem logo as your profile pic on Hive doesn't make me want to upvote you :)
Thank you so much for reminding me. In fact I forgot
Great post as usual, it's funny how this particular "message" of yours keeps coming up in various of your posts as a sort of warning about the future 😅,hence no one can say they didn't get your series of warnings, it's left for us to heed to it. Thank you
"It's not like you weren't told" :D
It is often the case though, that the things we hear we take for granted and only in hindsight do we realize that we could have listened, but didn't :)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6XkvAK3kn70
The whole conversation here reminded me of this.
If you lose your job to someone who doesn't speak the language, you probably aren't very good at your job... :D
I forget who said it, but to paraphrase a comedian:
“You know, they keep saying that Mexicans are stealing all of our jobs.
You ever think in Mexico they’re saying, ‘their jobs keep stealing all of our Mexicans’?”
funnily, it is possible in the future more countries will have to think about ways to keep their citizens happy, because the wealth they have ill travel well.
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At the phase I am now, my first steps ll be to Save more and Invest rightly.
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