The same thing we do every recession, Pinky. Try to spend as little as possible on only the essentials and hope we don't end up homeless.

I have only known recession, when do I get to experience something else?

plan a: don't be poor

plan b: kill myself

None, I am already running on the existential minimum.

And I don't see that changing in the next few years.

Probably getting a divorce, losing the kids and the dog, and getting blown up by a drone being piloted by a furry in the coming resource wars.

Probably The Winchester.

Self-employed tradesman, ill probably have to get a normal job. Which sucks for everyone, I keep my costs way lower for customers but digging up business and doing the work is a real challenge. And obviously ill miss my freedom. But at least ill just have to pull my 40hrs.

Jerking dudes off behind a dumpster is recession proof employment.

Do not spend money unless you really need those things. Live as a minimalist. It means some sort of isolation, but it is better than being homeless!

Plant more root vegetables.

Yep, that's the whole plan.

same way we live now? ( m and f couple)

debt free

electricity cost is near $0 (have a solar systems that grid feeds surplus electricity we're paid for)

have an ecar and ebike we charge of said solar, so make our own fuel

live in a small rural community, lots of people DIY and grow their own food and swap/sell

have a free bus once a day to the nearby bigger city, use it on occasion for dentist/doctors appointments, or a day out in town

have a small acreage on the edge of town and get as much free beef as we want for letting the local farmer use it

have dozens of fruit trees around our house

my gf is a Chef who loves growing her own veg and fruit and cooks superb meals

have three years of expenses as cash

pay for water and local government taxes which is fine, get clean drinking water and the roads etc are repaired and we get a "free" library and "free" swimming pool out of it

Plans? Sir, you've misjudged me.

same as last one. die.

Years of data hoarding. I got a couple terabytes of my favorite shows and movies, and a gigantic backlog of steam games. I own my house and car, only pay taxes and insurance. No family. Might take up body building again. I got a couple big bags of beans and lentils so protein isn't an issue. Also some big bags of rice and allot of fruit & veggie seeds from last season. I got replacement parts for most everything, a rain collection system that I only use to water my garden right now, but I also just got an air still so I can get water if data centers fuck up my local municipal supply. Small array of solar panels that I could add a battery system to.

Despite living right next to my downtown area, I'm already damn near off grid. If it gets really bad I might have to fence off my garden and/or move it next to my bedroom window.

I have a stable job I can't be fired from, frugal lifestyle and substantial savings. Can't say I'm particularly worried. 2008 didn't affect me in any meaningful way either. Even now my country has the highest rate of unemployment in the EU yet I've been overworked the whole summer.

Wife works for a gov in a very stable position, keeping costs below her salary is how we plan to.

I’m already homeless and I’ve got an okay job. So I either I keep living like I do or things become too expensive and I die.

Y'all have plans?

What if I just...don't? I didn't get through the last three, why should I get through this one?

Die, mostly.

Im trying to speed run affording a cheap plot of land and to work it to make it self sufficient but close enough to a major city that I can still travel for work if needed. Ideally I’d like a electric vehicle that I can charge on a semi-off grid system but that’s a much longer term plan. I essentially want to return to homesteading/semi-subsistence farming. With current tech and tech around the corner, I feel like with the right moves you can do it with minor to no loss of modern luxury comforts. If I can mostly feed and house myself then logically I only need to work part time for mortgage payments and land taxes, and stray costs of fixing stuff.

it’s kinda like that vegan argument that’s been made lately, that no one is demanding you quit meat cold turkey even reducing is a MAJOR win. It’s hard to quit my participation in capitalism cold turkey, growing my own food, producing my own solar electricity, and overall reducing my consumption needs and having self reliance is a win.

that, and the only true reliable wealth in life is having access to productive land imo. Vegetables grow in the garden all the same regardless of stock prices, and the root cellar still keeps your jarred supplies cold. Im under no delusions of surviving any apocalypses but I will be much safer for some nasty recessions.

also, I just think this kind of lifestyle would be neat. I’d probably do it anyways even if I was dirty rich. It’s my version of a project car in the garage. A project homestead in the woods.

plan? the last 2 people barely made it out or dint, jobs were getting scarcer in some industries for the last decade and the increasing reliance on jobs sites.

A YouTuber reminded me that in the 80’s we were all told we would die in a firey radioactive blast from Russia or slowly for starvation as the smoke from millions of city sized fires chokes the sun out of photosynthesis entirely, so…. Stil planning on one of those.

Suicide?

i wont be getting through it, but ill make sure that some of you guys do.

It's not like I can get any more poor. 🤷‍♂️

1. Marijuana

2. ???

There is no step 3

Keep working, reduce consumption of luxuries. I will still spend money, probably more than during good times. Because its important to keep spending so demand doesnt implode. I'll keep spending at my favourite restaurants, cafes and clubs because i want them to survive. My cost cutting will be on electronics and subscription services and things from overseas.

Starve

For those looking for more stable jobs, look into healthcare. Even short credential programs can result in livable wage jobs like LPN nursing or technician roles. The work may not be glamorous, but they're stable. If it's in the realm of possibility an associates or bachelor's degree in nursing is even better