This is an instruction manual that's not an instruction manual.

Fear not death. You are chrysalis. Rather, make death an ally. A force for change.

An exit might be a place, an activity, an object or a state of mind.

While designing your exit, we suggest phat grooves* and/or whatever floats your boat. Design in style. *Ethical streaming is a plus.

The number 9 contains all other numbers. Similarly, the climate crisis contains all other crises -- social, environmental, racial and economic justice. Could it be that we needed something this big in order to solve all of these other problems simultaneously?

Don't forget to breathe. We're in this for the long haul and need to pace ourselves.

Maybe our exit could even be more happy, joyful and loving than where we are right now. Maybe it doesn't have to be Mad Max after all?

With all exit designs, one must be in constant self-reflection... "could I go farther than this?" It's exhausting, but this is the discipline.

Take a deep breath and try to let the mad rate of change slip away into the background, present, but unperturbed.

Diversity and proliferation of Exit Designs is a requirement -- we must encourage others to find THEIR particular exits and design the f*** out of them, in whatever badass way they want.

Wikipedia: "Jihad is an Arabic word which literally means striving or struggling, especially with a praiseworthy aim." By this definition, designing an exit strategy is a form of jihad. An epic battle with the self. (See #4.)

Work to your strength, but find others that fill the gaps where you're weak. As the Hopi elders said "the time for the lone wolf is over."