Have you kept your interests to yourself because you're not sure how people close to you would react? When people finally start reading your blog, suddenly you care about the opinions of thousands of people as much as your own neighbor's. They become a part of your everyday life. A few of my vlog channel's subscribers have asked me over the last year, "So are you a prepper?" because of my stockpiling habit and the video I made about starting one.
I have a frugally-sourced stockpile of food, most of which that won't expire for 3-4 years. I have a stash of clean water. I have first aid supplies for most situations you can imagine and the first aid training to use them. I'm experienced with a firearm and I'm a fairly good shot. I have a garden space I'm starting this Summer to help decrease our grocery bill. (I'm all about saving money.)
That word seems to have had such a bad image attached to it. Those shows covering it show 90% guys in camouflage with rifles and bad southern accents, and only about 10% practical preppers. I've always denied that title because of the image it conjures up. It's a pretty fair description of it though.Prepper.
I have a frugally-sourced stockpile of food, most of which that won't expire for 3-4 years. I have a stash of clean water. I have first aid supplies for most situations you can imagine and the first aid training to use them. I'm experienced with a firearm and I'm a fairly good shot. I have a garden space I'm starting this Summer to help decrease our grocery bill. (I'm all about saving money.)
It's never been about preparing for the end of the world.
It's not about being terrified of something specific. A lot of the people you hear of as "preppers" are expecting civil war, emps, attacks from outside countries, economic collapse, bio-terrorism. . . These are all things that could totally happen. More realistically, you could also have small disasters where you need to survive for a while without aid (Katrina, Sandy, earthquakes, and tornadoes across the country) or you could just need enough of a cushion to survive job loss or any other personal financial crisis.Not to mention that it's fun to be self-sufficient.
I don't obsess over prepping and make it the most central thing in my life. Rather, it's something that's naturally worked into our everyday family life. The food stockpile is rotated through and eaten, then replaced, so we're never having anything go bad.
I think preparing for the worst can mean just learning new skills and keeping a good outlook. I think it's a good time to share what I've learned and done over the years about making the best of bad situations for your family.
