How To Establish Personal Sovereignty
The painful first step of a long journey - getting laid off
Comrades: I have good news and bad news.
The bad news is that this Substack is now my only form of income. Shortly after returning to work from a brief paternity leave, I was blindsided and laid off. Like many other companies, a significant percentage of my comrades were also purged. It’s a brutal reminder that you can never be fully free and sovereign if you are dependent on a paycheck from someone else.
Here are 4 practical things you need to do ASAP:
Save your most important employment documents, performance reviews, and hard evidence of your accomplishments in a personal cloud and portable hard drive because when the time comes, you will lose access to company systems instantly - IT is slow on everything else except hitting the kill switch
Make sure you have several trusted friends in your industry who can help you navigate the separation process and figure out what to do next
Add a good employment lawyer to your rolodex
Build side income streams
On that last point, I would greatly appreciate it if you considered becoming a paid subscriber during this uncertain period. Alternatively, please share any of the ~40 posts you liked with others. All you have to say is “I found an interesting Substack by a comrade named Yuri Bezmenov who will make you think and laugh with his pattern recognition and memes.” I am grateful for all your support thus far; it has been a treat to share my random musings with this fun and growing audience.