For years, preparedness has been framed as buying more things. I’m certainly guilty of this. I tell people to buy cool new prepper stuff all the time! I believe there’s a good balance between stuff and skills, but the skills tend to get lost in the stuff. It’s getting harder to live day-to-day. Systems are […]
Whether you live in an apartment, suburb or acreage, you can homestead exactly where you’re at. I don’t want you to feel like you can’t do something just because you don’t have a million acres and you feel helpless. I grew up in the suburbs, have lived in apartments in various cities across the US, […]
Skills will carry us far and wide. The more skills we know, the less reliant on gear we are. While I love gear and I think gear is certainly helpful, skills will last a lifetime, as long as you practice often. Most skills can be practiced right at home, in your backyard or at a […]
Gear is certainly helpful when it comes to preparedness. Gear is great, I love gear! I also love skills, though. I always feel way more empowered when I learn a skill that I didn’t have before. When I first learned how to use a flint and steel, I was ecstatic! I had a chip on […]
I’m of the belief that preppers should be survivalists and survivalists should be preppers. We should understand how to store items for emergencies, but we also need to understand what to do if any of that stuff ever runs out. Do you know how to make a fire? How to find wild edibles? Hunt for […]
When it comes to emergency preparedness, we’re realists. We understand that bad things do happen. Mother nature doesn’t care about us. Bad people want to do bad things. This is a hard pill to swallow, especially because we want to simply live our lives without having to worry about anything bad happening. Of course we […]
You might be surprised to know that many people don’t know how to properly take care of basic first aid needs. They know how to apply a bandaid, take a pain reliever and that’s about the extent of it for a good majority of people. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but for us preppers, […]
More often than not I hear people tell me that they can’t prep because they live in the city. Or it’s hard to find ways to practice skills when living in the city. There’s a stigma out there that makes people believe that unless you live out in the country then you can’t fully be […]
There’s a lot of talk about gear in the prepper community but what about skills? Skills are where we really thrive when it comes to surviving emergencies and disasters. Here are 8 ways we can be better prepared for emergencies and disasters by getting more familiar with these overlooked skills. 1. Communication People truly underestimate […]
When people talk about off grid, it can mean a lot of things to a lot of different people. When I refer to off grid, I’m referring to when there’s no electricity, no running water, no natural gas; no modern conveniences. Here are the top 10 skills that everyone needs to learn before any type […]