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 […]
When it comes to picking our everyday carry (EDC), it’s very personal. Right down to the exact placement on our body or in our bags; it’s all personal preference. The items that we carry with everyday should be of use to us either occasionally, everyday or in a survival situation. I certainly don’t use every […]
Part of being prepared means being able to look forward and have forethought about what we might need in order to be prepared for ‘such and such’. For instance, if you live in a hurricane prone area, you’d probably be prepared for hurricanes which are sure to happen every year. If you live in tornado […]
I have fear y’all. I have fear everyday. I can’t help it. I’m human. You have fear, I have fear, we all have fear! It’s nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone wants to be ‘fearless’ but that’s just not who we as humans are. We all experience fear differently for different things based on so […]
What do you need to survive doomsday? More like, what do you need to survive everyday? I’ve always found survival and preparedness to be interchangeable. We prepare so that we may survive thrive. There are a few things that people need to prep so that they may survive thrive. You may have noticed that I […]