"Collapse now and avoid the rush!"

by Jane Dwinell

“Collapse now and avoid the rush!” I’ve heard this from many different corners, and it speaks to me as that is how I’ve lived my adult life.

My late husband and I were collapse aware and then collapse accepting. We chose to live our life simply, on a small footprint, and just with the basics. It was a great life and it allowed us to retire early in our mid-50s (which turned out to be a blessing when my husband was diagnosed with dementia at age 66, and died at 70).

People asked how we managed to do that, so I wrote this book — Freedom Through Frugality: Spend Less, Have More. If you “practice” now living on less, things will be easier when the big collapse comes. The book is out-of-print, so here’s a PDF if you want to read it.

And if you want to know more about our dementia journey you can read Alzheimer’s Canyon: One Couple’s Reflections on Living with Dementia.

(See the video recording of Jane's presentation for the Practical Adaptation Community about herbal healing, salves, and tinctures, on the Collapse Club YouTube channel.)