How To ‘Recession-Proof Your Life’

‘Building a social media presence that reflects what you offer- and what you want to offer– is a key step toward finding paying customers.’

‘Mastering the art of pitching yourself and your product to potential clients and bloggers is essential to spreading word about your business and landing paying gigs.’

‘Saying no to activities and requests that don’t support your priorities is an essential skill that can free up hours of time.’

‘Failure is an inevitable part of any side-gig pursuit, and learning how to bounce back is essential for success.’

‘Strategies for resilience vary widely by individual, but include taking a break, getting perspective, trying a new approach, or simply carrying on.’

‘Side-giggers often help each other, by sharing information, connections, and advice. They also frequently hire each other.’

‘Ideas often grow out of skills gained in full-time jobs.’

‘Successful side-giggers usually spend significant amounts of time honing and testing their ideas.’

‘Small steps toward building a side-gig can be more productive than big ones.’

‘For highly targeted businesses, personal connections and referrals can be even more important than a social media presence.’

Source

Kimberly Palmer (2014). The Economy of You: Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur and Recession-Proof Your Life

Outside analysts have been looking at what little is known about the operations of AI companies.

+ AI companies spend $8 to $14 to generate $1 in revenue
+ It is cheaper to hire a human than pay the true cost of AI
+ AI companies have much debt and depreciating assets

The only way to break even is for #AI replace 32 M jobs, which be economically catastrophic.

https://blog.dshr.org/2026/06/ais-affordability-crisis.html

Why, again, are we being asked to ration water and electricity? What is the pay-out for us?

#recession

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/canada-1akomc2pz/-/a-iV98VnHOTuCOulvDJOoOQw%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0

The #Conservative Party of #Canada published an #AI generated ad about #poverty and #recession, despite the AI industry being both one of the leading drivers of #unemployment and one of the leading drivers of #inflation and increasing costs of living.

“The medium is the message,” as McLuhan wrote. The use of a poverty-generating technology to produce the ad reveals the real message: The CPC is pro-mass-layoffs, pro-cropland-displacement, pro-electricity-inflation, pro-drought, and pro-impoverishment. Their pretence of concern about working Canadians' economic conditions is a manipulative and exploitative lie. Their hypocrisy is ripe.

The Liberals are conservative (hence #Carney enacting #neoliberalism), and the Conservatives are fascist.

#cdnpoli #CPC #technicalRecession #CBC #NDP #GreenParty

One chart predicted every US recession for 50 years. Eight flips, eight downturns, lead time about a year.

The inverted yield curve: short-term bonds paying more than long-term ones, because investors expect rate cuts.

In 2022 it flipped again. 26 months, deepest since 1981, as the central bank hiked hard against 40-year inflation. The recession never came. The curve is positive again, mid-June 2026.

Maybe it cried wolf.

#YieldCurve #Recession
https://youtu.be/YykUICY5PN0

Les signes de la #récession

https://extime.fr/les-signes-de-la-recession/

Une civilisation ne peut continuer d'exister que si ses choix au niveau micro et macro sont robustes et rationnels.

#Economie #CriseconomiqueEtSociale

#poem #recession #creative post #poems #blog #writing #poets

https://blessedbymagpies.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-world-limped-along.html