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Well, hello again! To be honest, I sort of feel like one of those ridiculous weather forecasters standing on the dock as a hurricane whips through. Yes, economic numbers are bad. Yes, it’s likely to get worse before it gets better. At this point, the likelihood we’re headed into a recession is basically a given. Why aren’t we there already? Because a “recession” is generally described as a period of two consecutive quarters when GDP goes down, simply put, too little time has passed to make it official. There have been 33 recessions in the US since 1854, with 4 occurring after 1980. So, while they’re not a whole lot of fun,they are a pretty normal part of the business cycle. But lately, you may have heard another word floating around. Depression. Oh my...! OK OK, before we start freaking out, let’s get a clear picture of what a depression actually looks like and see what history has to teach us about softening the blow. Let’s start with the text-book definition of what

So I like to think that I read a lot of books but actually the majority of what I read is fiction rather than kind of useful productivity books. So I always have a fantasy series going inaudible these days.  The Wheel of Time series and I've always got some sort of paranormal romance type of genre book on Kindle that I read before bed these days are quarter the 1 in roses but as a self-professed productivity grease monkey I've often wondered is reading fiction a waste of time or is it actually good for you like I feel bad about watching TV or playing video games because it feels like a waste of time.  But I would easily stay up until 4 o'clock in the morning reading about some werewolf and how he's fallen in love with this like girl with psychic powers, Stranger things happen every day like clearly that's not productive either. But for some reason reading feels more legit than watching TV. So in this episode of journal club the series where we look at sc