well, it dosen't hve to get worse for anyone. especially when you jump ahead and live now without the old systems.... the old systems aren't exaclty "beneficial" to most of us anyways...you can live now, as if already past that point, and you will have no shock, and help others live now as if past that point, and life will seem to go on, (at a much more sustainable quality) without skipping a beat. what we do today in each choice can eliminate the impact on us personally in the the future, and on those around us observing this "early" change as well..... if you think about yourself being ok, and spend each day past that point already, how can things get anything but better from this moment forward? there is no need for doom or gloom. i know this with ever fiber of my being. it can be ok, starting now, you can create your future from moment to moment until it orchastrates itself into a song you know how to sing by heart. it make take some longer to learn the lyrics, timing, or tune, but if you sing it often enough you will learn it by heart.