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Resilience Judo

Ruthlessly reduce debt.

Turn your hollow home into a productive asset.  Most homes are devoid of any productive capacity.  Adding energy, food, etc production to them turns them into real, productive assets.

Make everything you can yourself.

Work online.

Build a local business.

Barter

Bring your family home.  Grow your home to accommodate more people

Do as the Latter Day Saints recommend:

Stockpile 2 years worth of food and consumables = canned goods, dry goods (rice, beans, etc), smoked/dried meats