Enjoy The Decline by Aaron Clarey

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ENJOY THE DECLINE

Accepting and Living with the Death of the United States

By Aaron Clarey

About the Author

One of the best things you can do is learn from other people's mistakes, and Aaron Clarey has made a lot of them. He studied hard in school, pursued a wise career, saved and invested his money, and bought property at a very early age. All he really managed to do was pay more in taxes and waste his youth. Don't make the same mistakes he did. Learn to "Enjoy the Decline" "Enjoy the Decline" is the Patriot's quintessential guide to dealing with the decline and fall of the United States. It's hard to let go of something so great, but while you're still alive you owe it to yourself to live the best life possible. Learn to let go, learn to no longer care, learn to have fun, learn to Enjoy the Decline!"

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Copyright © 2013 Aaron Clarey All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Aaron Clarey.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

To Dirty Harriet, Zoey, and Oscar

Chapter 1 Chapter 2

Psychological Adaptation The New Economic Reality

6 27

Chapter 3

The Art of Minimalism

57

Chapter 4

Mortal

75

Chapter 5

Family and Friends

87

Chapter 6

Career and Education

Chapter 7

Finance and Investing

115 124

Chapter 8

Plunder

141

Chapter 9

SHTF

153

Chapter 10

Fight or Flight

164

Chapter 11

Revenge

178

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PREFACE

CAVEAT

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In intellectual honesty I have to warn the reader that though "Enjoy the

Any doubt about the future of the United States and the direction the

Decline" was meant to be an uplifting bool': ,

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job, bank the money, and save four years of your life and $50,000 in tuition. However, there is some merit in getting at least some education,

I can just stay at home, Redbox or Netflix the movie, watch it in stunning

specifically a trade.

quality on my LCD projector, with surround sound, all while nursing a scotch served to me by my long-legged girlfriend.

A trade, unlike a degree, is scalable. A plumber can determine how many contracts he wants to work. A computer networker can determine how

While it may cost a bit, it is wise to make an investment in entertainment

many routers he wants to set up. And a chimney sweeper can determine

equipment at home. Not just electronics, but any entertainment (booze,

how many chimneys he cleans. But if you get a degree most of the jobs

bar, games, etc.). The reason why is you'll save money, time, and gas by

available to you are going to be salaried, meaning you have to put in 40+

not going out. This doesn't mean you become a hermit, but by staying in 67

for your entertainment and iiosting friends at fiome you will easily recoup tile investment you made in a few short years.

non-taxable income. There are also health and psychological benefits in not having to deal with abusive and dishonest employers. Lower blood pressure, less stress, lower risk of stroke, all because you had the fiscal

Get a Motorcycle - Though optional a motorcycle actually does help

discipline to make it so your boss is not necessary for your life. This

achieve an element of minimalism in that it is cheap transportation. You

benefit will only increase in value as it is my sincere belief a flooded labor

get great gas mileage, maintenance and repair is quite easy, they're fun as

market, with increasingly desperate people, has put most employers on a

hell, plus chicks dig motorcycles. I also believe for a minimalist a

power trip. They are becoming more controllinR. demanding, sadistic,

motorcycle is the quintessential statement piece. Nothing says,

and dishonest to the point I don't believe anybody can work for one

"independent maverick doing their own thing, living their own life" than a

employer for 10 years and not suffer some kind of psychological damage.

bike. Complete the minimalism motif. Get yourself a motorcycle.

Employment is a losing proposition. Minimalism gives you the option not to take it.

Now there are many things more you can nip and tuck to create a minimalist lifestyle, but in the end you will develop your own personal

Better Mental and Physical Health - Directly related to working less is

minimalist strategy tailored to your life. Additionally, you will develop a

improved mental health. With more leisure and less financial demands

psychology that makes the minimalist life second nature. You may go

the amount of stress you will suffer is a fraction of what most of your full-

through withdrawal at first, scaling down from a three bedroom, two

time counterparts will. Additionally, you can sleep in, eat healthier and

bathroom house to just a studio apartment, and you may miss all those

exercise more improving your physical health and increasing your life

beer cars you kept from college, but in the end as the money rolls in and

expectancy.

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you sleep in till noon, you'll find it to be a much more enjoyable life. A Better Social Life - In having more leisure naturally you will have an improved social life. Coffee in the morning, cigars in the afternoon, cocktails in the evening, whatever you want to do with your Mondays. Benefits of Minimalism

You can join clubs, take classes, learn to dance, all those things you wanted to do but "couldn't" because you had to work. Along the way it is

While lower taxes and a shorter work week are the obvious benefits of

a guarantee you are going to meet new people and develop new

minimalism there are other benefits not realized until you're actually

friendships, making your life even more rewarding. Besides, your social

practicing it. Benefits that are not only unexpected, but much larger than

life was not meant to be spent talking about your weekend over the water

you would have thought. And while it may seem a risky proposition to

cooler. It was meant to be sweet-talking a cute girl while salsa dancing on

give up that reliable 9-5 job, these benefits are so compelling, they

the dancefloor.

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actually make the 9-5 job the riskier choice. Better Family Life and Children - You could be that couple down the Freedom from Employers -The value of having no boss, or making so

street. The high-powered investment banker and his non-profit lawyer