Wash, rinse, repeat. This isn't the first time boom bust cycle that happened. I am 69 years old and been through I guess 4 and what is interesting is my grandparents did the 1929 depression and so did my parents and they taught me to [not that I like the idea] save and prepare during the good times for the bad times. Then after the preperations are met pay cash for the toys you buy. It is not so much the money you have it is about the debt you have. Bad stuff happens ,,, it always will and does. My best recession was the one in 1981to 1983 I loved getting laid off my job. I painted houses, did odd jobs drove truck out of the Teamsters line drivers local doing the western states. Made some decent money and in between the work the time off was lots of fun.