Does your lineage study the Puranas? They describe all this in detail.
The short version is - things will get worse for a short while, then they’ll get better for quite some time, and then - slam! - really, really bad for a long time. And then, at the end of the Kali age, another Satya or Krita Age which is very peaceful, pure, people live long life spans, everyone is basically a sage, earth is fruitful and pure, and so on. But that won’t happen until Kalki avatar cleans out the demoniac at the end of Kali. Interesting. I’d like to see that. But not have to suffer during the rest of Kali.
No not the puranas, it is buddhist , not hindu. But the cosmology is parallel in some respects.
There is a way not to have to suffer through kali, and that is to live in a community created enlightened bubble, a higher realm located here.Once you get on that track you can be reborn there repeatedly until the kaliyuga evolves into that peaceful golden age.There are many hindu lineages which have that, but high among them all, the legend and land of Shambhala shines. The Rigden kings who live there are making Shambhala available more and more as the dark age advances.Shambhala is the orogini of the kalachakra ( wheel of time) tantra.They have a representative right here, called the Sakyong, ( Earth Lord).We have a very large Jewish presence in the community.