Preparation for the times ahead

BongoHunter · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:00

Discussions at work recently have made me start to more seriously consider my plans for the next few years - we've been faced with a choice as a nation, have made it, and for the moment at least our political leaders are going forward with it. Whether you agree with it or not, Brexit is something that most of us might want to consider preparing for.

You may be a Leaver, or a Remainer, or even indifferent to the whole affair - but preparing for the worst while hoping for the best can only be sensible, and Brexit has the potential to be the biggest driver of change in our society in recent history.

I've made, or am in the process making the following changes myself, and will be looking to do more depending on how things pan out:
- Diversifying my skills a bit more, as I'm in a very specialist field at the moment that very few companies have a use or the money for.
- Split my savings into multiple currencies, and have converted a small amount into precious metals.
- Altered my pension pot to lower risk and increase diversity of the investments.
- Reducing out goings as much as possible to increase savings even more (not living like a monk yet though!)

So OcUK, what are you doing, if anything, and why, or why not?

Mynight · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:04

Learning Russian.

I'm not really doing anything unless the pound crashes(Massively not 1/2%) I can't foresee anything that will hurt me in the long run.

VincentHanna · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:19

Occasionally moaning about it to people, and carrying on as normal.

[FnG]magnolia · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:21

I'm going to a BBQ tomorrow and then we're having a party for our younger daughter on Sunday. Should be good fun and even some nice plus 20's sunshine.

So that's my preparation whist the UK breaks itself.

Rotty · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:23

nothing at all, don't see any changes for worse

sigma · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:24

I have 110% faith that the Tories will do what's best for all of us.

Rroff · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:25

My doomsday bunker is stocked and ready.

POB · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:28

Working on applying for my European country passport I'm entitled to since birth.

[FnG]magnolia · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:30

Rroff said:
My doomsday bunker is stocked and ready.

Genuine question - do you have one of these? I don't need the details of why and how it is better than [x] but a simple nod or shake of the head will suffice.

asim18 · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:30

sigma said:
I have 110% faith that the Tories will do what's best for all of us.

Lmao. Best joke I've read this month.

Tom_ed1987 · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:33

Diversifying your skills a bit & saving some more is a good idea whatever is happening, however I'm afraid that dumping your savings into 'safe' commodities & other currencies smacks a little bit of hysteria.

I'm far more concerned about the potential for Corbyn to be PM than anything that happens as a result of Brexit.

francky · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:38

So basically what you should be doing throughout your life regardless of politics.

Brexit isn't going to be like us going to into a huge war where the country is continually be bombed and infrastructure destroyed, no matter what some pro EU guys say....I'd fall on the indifferent side of Brexit, as ill make a success of my own life regardless...hearing people constantly moan on both sides has become so boring.

Marky · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:38

sigma said:
I have 110% faith that the Tories will do what's best for all of us.

Lmao!

mmj_uk · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:42

Tom_ed1987 said:
I'm far more concerned about the potential for Corbyn to be PM than anything that happens as a result of Brexit.

A couple of years ago Venezuela was held up as Corbyn's model for Britain so I'm going to get good at being a prostitute seeing as that's what many Venezuelans today are having to resort to.

Rroff · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:46

francky said:
Brexit isn't going to be like us going to into a huge war where the country is continually be bombed and infrastructure destroyed, no matter what some pro EU guys say....I'd fall on the indifferent side of Brexit, as ill make a success of my own life regardless...hearing people constantly moan on both sides has become so boring.

I think this is one of the potential problems with Brexit - people are complacent and think rightly or wrongly that things will just continue as normal. Instead of hitting it head on if we are going to do it and capitalise on it largely there is indifference which potentially is going to be our undoing rather than "Brexit" itself.

Scam · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:46

Lloyd Blankfein suggested yesterday that there should be a second vote on Brexit so I'm willing to bet there eventually will be, given his power. Then all this nonsense can stop.

Tunney · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:49

The only thing I’ve done is made sure that a could chunk of my pension savings are invested overseas.

LOAM · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:51

My pension is well looked after and about to take a job in a State Owned Enterprise because it offers some security and my belief that when Labour get in and start changing things for the better I can actually have an impact in that sector.

I'm becoming considerably more socially conscious as I get older and whilst I probably would have identified with the conservatives of old, I can no longer ignore what is happening around me.

Tunney · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:54

Didn’t we used to have a genuine prepper on these forums or am I just making that up?

Puzzled · 17 Nov 2017 at 11:54

If people start to panic and stop spending that will only cause more damage to the economy (potentially more damage than brexit itself).

Keep calm and carry on, the British way of healthy denial