Jesus and Paul predict there will be difficult times in the last days... Can life be more difficult than of late??

Difficult times seem to amp up during the 20th and 21st centuries, from WWI to the Depression to WWII to Communist oppression to terrorism, etc... Yet, Jesus proclaims in Mt. 24 that there is a time coming when, "...there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again. In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, not a single person will survive. But it will be shortened for the sake of God’s chosen ones. Hebrews tells us, "All of creation will be shaken and removed, so that only unshakable things will remain." Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, how should we then live?