Preppers: Why So Serious? Here's How To Lighten Up

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I don’t know when or why it happened, but the prepper community has gotten a very large stick up the butt over the past several years.

Every single time I attempt humor through my YouTube channel, I get a ton of unsubscribes and down votes. Way more than on my regular “serious” posts. I’m not the only one this happens to. Plenty of other prepper YouTuber’s have noticed the same thing. Whenever they post something funny or a bit out of the ordinary, it gets a bit of backlash from the “super cereal” preppers.

Don’t get me wrong, there’s also a ton of preppers that enjoy the funny. Which warms my heart.

If we can’t make fun of ourselves, then what the heck are we even doing?

I used to be a very serious person. Something traumatic happened to me when I was in middle school and it turned me into a cold person. However, I learned to lighten up thanks to a friend that I made in my early 20s. Even after that, though, I still had a lot of growing up to do by not taking myself or life so seriously.

In fact, I think prepping really helped me to learn to not take life so seriously. There’s a lot going on in this crazy world and I have just this one life to live. Which means that I can’t waste any time being grumpy. I need to be prepared, while also living my best life. While there’s a lot of crazy, there’s also a lot of beauty.

I think some aspects of prepping are a ton of fun in and of itself!

I’m not going to tell you how to live your life. I just hope that this post will help preppers to understand that life isn’t all bad. And while we’re prepping, we can also have fun.

Look, I take prepping very seriously. I think it’s extremely important to be prepared and there are a lot of very serious reasons to be prepared.

However, we must also live our lives. We can’t go through life being upset and scared at the world and hiding away in our bunkers, cause that’ll lead to an early grave.

We get one life. We’re GIFTED this life. Yes, there’s a lot to be prepared for and a lot that we need to be aware of.

But trust me when I say this:

You can live a fun, full life, while also being prepared.

GASP!

What did she just say?!

I know, I know. It’s hard to believe. But it’s true. You can be a prepper while also enjoying life.

It’s all about balance.

Sometimes it’s serious, sometimes it’s fun.

Here are some ways that we can enjoy life a little more:

Spend quality time with family
Get out with your friends
Take a walk in nature
Go for a bike ride for no other reason than just ride your bike
Jump on a trampoline
Go to a comedy show
Play nerf gun battle
Watch the sun rise or set
Create a fort in your living room
Smile more
Be kind to others
Have a scavenger hunt (geocaching is a lot of fun)
Volunteer
Bake a really ugly cake
Make a structure out of legos.
Make a bucket list
Create art
Play with dogs
Take a class on a random subject
Go snorkeling
Go ice skating
Think of the positive
Make fun of yourself
LAUGH!

You’ve got one life. Enjoy it. While also being prepared for the bad things that can and could happen.

I promise you can do both.

Now get out there you crazy kids and quit being so serious all the time!

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D. Bailey says:

26 September, 2020 at 2:22 am

First of all Morg, I know what you mean. Second, it took me reading this at a late hour due to the effects of PTSD from my past career which I tend to stay up almost all hours of the morning to realize I’m falling into the worrying about the doom & gloom preaching that goes on with some preppers. Not to mention something bit me in the butt. I thought I was over something that happened 10 years ago at the hands of a woman w/ whom I was close friends w/. I considered her as a “bestie” but she did something pretty hurtful to me which resulted in me just deciding it was in my best interest to leave & forget about her, let her go her merry way. I happened to see her yesterday, that stung & was like getting slapped in the face all over again. We do, can become strictly business as preppers. Most if not all of us have background in military, 1st responder, emergency services, healthcare. There could be preppers who were involved in emergency management also. So when certain topics come up that no-nonsense attitude that was pounded into them can rise up. More & more there’s increased mental health related Dr. visits, admissions to hospitals for anxiety/panic attacks along w/ problems w/ heart-related emergency dept. visits. A lot of undue stress related physical & mental problems. Today’s world has become bigger, meaner from the easier times. There’s a saying in special forces, “The only easy day was yesterday.” I find relaxation in cooking, trying different recipes, foods, experimenting. Smooth jazz helps when I need a big dose of solace & relaxation.