Our home is our fortress. It’s where we feel most comfortable, it’s where we store our stuff, where we sit in our underwear and relax. The last thing we want to come to terms with is either leaving our home or having our home destroyed. Bugging in, as we like to call it in the […]
Quite frankly, it doesn’t matter where you live, we should all be aware of our own self-defense needs. Self-defense is so ‘taboo’ these days. Nobody wants to hurt anyone else. And I get that. I really do. I don’t like violence. Violence is sometimes necessary, though. I’ve come to terms with that. If someone wants […]
You don’t have to be a body builder or marathon runner in order to be ‘in shape’. There are very simple, effective and easy ways for us to stay active and try to eat a little healthier. TV shows, movies, magazines, social media; they all give us an unhealthy image of what everyone is supposed […]
Being prepared can be overwhelming enough, but then trying to get prepared with a medical condition? That can certainly cause a bit more stress in ones life. The medical condition doesn’t have to be something you yourself are facing. It could be something a friend or relative has and you’re partially or fully responsible to […]
When you think about a prepper, you probably either think of someone locked down in a bunker or you think of someone on hundreds of acres. Or maybe both. Either way, you’re most likely envisioning someone living off the grid and completely self-sufficient, right? While there’s nothing wrong with the above and that might be […]
Pets are often forgotten about before and certainly during emergencies and disasters. It’s a sad sight to see the videos and photos of abandoned horses, dogs, cats and more. There are some amazing humans who rescue some of these animals, but there are many that are left to fend for themselves. Would you leave your […]
People seriously struggle with figuring out how to make meals with their food storage. I constantly get asked questions about how to cook with food storage. I understand the frustration. You’re staring at a bunch of random cans, packages, spices and ingredients trying to put it all together; it’s not necessarily easy. Our lives revolve […]
Preparedness leads to self-reliance in some fashion or another. As we see the shortages happening during the COVID-19 Pandemic, it only makes sense to want to learn how to be more self-reliant. More people are looking to cook and bake. They’re learning to can. They’re learning to sew. People are getting their own backyard chickens. […]
When you add kids into the preparedness equation, things can get a little tricky. I tend to think the younger, the easier to teach about preparedness. When you introduce kids to something new, they’ll either be accepting or they’ll reject, there’s usually no middle ground. For younger kids, usually any age under 10 years old, […]
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 […]