I'm "lucky" in that, as part of the federal bankruptcy system, my job is very secure in times of economic trouble. That said, I'm doing what I can do to limit my gas consumption but given that my car is over 7 years old and only has 40,000 miles on it as is, I don't drive much anyway. I've always been a saver, too, so that's not going to change. Boom or bust, I live well under my means, just so that I can one day buy a pair of unnecessary red shoes!

I just read in one of my professional journals of a poll indicating that 85% of us think we're in a recession.