Preparing in an inherent instinct in all of life. Squirrels store food for a possibly long winter, some plants move their leave to prepare to receive the rain, and we as people buy insurance. Do we buy homeowners insurance because we expect our homes to burn? Do we buy car insurance because we expect to be in a car crash? No. However, we take these measures to protect against the unexpected.
Most survivalists are considered paranoid, obsessive, or even crazy. The survivalists are storing food, water, and medicine while the rest of society goes on about their lives calling calling the survivalists crazy. However, it is the rest of society that will buy homeowners insurance to protect against a fire that might happen, but will not store essentials for when life might happen.
In today's economy, which is more likely for most people? A house fire, or losing part (or all) of your paycheck. With budgets stretched so tight right now how is one to survive when they lose incoming pay? The survivalists have created a safeguard against this with their storages.
Most survivalists, if affected in anyway by the economy can simply stop going to the stores for up to a year without having their day to day life affected in anyway. Some even have plans laid out to become self-sufficient in all aspects of their life including nutrition, shelter, health, and protection.
When a survivalist prepares they ready themselves for any situation that life may through at them. Most survivalists are thought of as loonies that are storing guns and canned tuna in their basements preparing for the end of the world. The truth, however, is that they are ready for any economic downturns, pandemics, natural disasters, political uprisings, and more. If you can think of it, most survivalists have a plan.
If you are interested in becoming more prepared like a survivalist, it is not difficult. The first thing that you should do is sit down with you family and create an emergency plan. You need to discuss what each person would do in the case of a fire, earthquake, tornado, nuclear accident, etc. Each person should be very familiar with the plans. Next if you have any prescriptions, try to get them on 90 day supply so you can have more on hand at any time. Then you should start working on storing food, medicine (OTC), and household goods.
Set a goal for yourself to work toward, then steadily increase the goal until you get to a year. It is recommended to start working towards 3 weeks, then 3 months, then 6 months, and finally a year. It is possible to accomplish a years supply of storage in only a few months, but you should work at your own pace.
The since of security, pride, and accomplishment that is felt after a substantial preparedness storage of necessities is built up is astounding. Being prepared should be a fundamental value of all people. Start your preparations today!
The Survivalist Mindset is written by Kyle Porter, founder of We The Prepared ( [http://wetheprepared.com] ).
We The Prepared is a website dedicated to survival preparations and homesteading. The site is updated daily with new, exciting, and relevant survival information. We The Prepared seeks to build an active community of like-minded people that are concerned about preparing for an uncertain future. The website offers free giveaway contests, Q&A, tutorials, forums, and more.
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