I have similar frustrations. On one hand I would like to leave the corporate world and go to paramedic school. But that means a year of working as an EMT and taking a couple of classes I need. Then a year of school. I am on at least a two year time line without much income. But then I think about peak oil. Am I better off staying in the corporate world trying to save as much as I can and trying to prepare? It's a toss up. I go through the same with my rental property. I always wanted to build a real estate portfolio. But I am convinced we are getting ready to move into an oil price induced recession that we won't recover from. So I am selling the property. The things I would do/plan to do are not the same as those when viewed through peak oil. Not exactly a project planning issue like you asked, but similar.