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The Lost Art of Sitting Still: How Boredom Could Save Your Life

You know what’s more terrifying than a natural disaster?A grown man who can’t sit still for five minutes without a screen, snack, or sarcastic comment. (And yes, Steve, I’m looking at you.) We live in a world where “stillness” is practically a four-letter word. If you’re not multitasking, doomscrolling, or Read more…

By Preparedness Pro, 7 hoursJuly 16, 2025 ago
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Toothpaste, Twinkies & Tenacity: The Weirdest Things I Keep in My Bug-Out Bag (and Why You Should Too)

Let me start by saying: if my bug-out bag ever spilled open in the middle of a crisis, bystanders wouldn’t be inspired—they’d be deeply confused. Picture it now: a half-used tube of glittery unicorn toothpaste, a Ziploc of baking soda, a solitary Twinkie in a vacuum-sealed pouch labeled “DO NOT Read more…

By Preparedness Pro, 5 daysJuly 11, 2025 ago
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13 Surprising Uses for Diatomaceous Earth (and Why Every Prepper Should Have It)

Let’s be honest: if Diatomaceous Earth were a person, it’d be that unassuming friend who shows up in hiking boots, knows five languages, brews their own kombucha, and can field-dress a deer and a wound. It’s got range. You’ve probably heard that it kills bugs by dehydrating them to the Read more…

By Preparedness Pro, 1 weekJuly 9, 2025 ago
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Behold, Steve: The Overzealous Prophet of Prepping (and His Commandments)

The survival scriptures, duct-taped directly to your bug-out bag. If Ron Swanson and a HAM radio had a baby—raised exclusively on SPAM, conspiracy documentaries, and YouTube canning videos—it’d be Steve. Steve is your friendly neighborhood prepper with a slight overbite, a deep mistrust of weather apps, and a storage tote Read more…

By Preparedness Pro, 1 weekJuly 7, 2025 ago
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Fireworks, Freedom, and Five-Gallon Buckets: Celebrating Independence the Self-Reliant Way

Independence Day. The one day of the year when Americans proudly drape their houses (and sometimes their pets) in flags, fire up the grill like it’s an Olympic sport, and legally blow things up in celebration of liberty. And while every nation has a July 4th, only America has Independence Read more…

By Preparedness Pro, 2 weeksJuly 4, 2025 ago
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Operation: Hide the Chocolate—And Other Marital Prepping Strategies

How to Stay Sane (and Married) When Your Spouse Thinks “Grid-Down” Is a Netflix Genre Let’s be honest: prepping with your spouse can be either a beautiful symphony of shared values… or a full-blown duet where one person’s singing “Food Storage Forever” while the other’s yelling “This is why we Read more…

By Preparedness Pro, 2 weeks ago
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Battery Operated Bliss: The Forgotten World of Non-Internet Entertainment

Battery Operated Bliss: The Forgotten World of Non-Internet EntertainmentBecause sometimes, the most powerful Wi-Fi signal in the house is “Sit down and deal the cards.” Bear with me, folks—yes, we’re talking Uno, board games, and radios that need muscles to work—but I promise there’s a deeper point here. One that Read more…

By Preparedness Pro, 3 weeksJune 25, 2025 ago
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Prep Like You’re 90: What the Old Folks Knew That We Forgot

Because Grandma didn’t need a bug-out bag—she was the bug-out plan. Let’s face it—our great-grandparents could probably out-prep us with one hand tied behind their back and the other holding a wooden spoon. They lived without smart fridges, solar panels, or off-grid YouTube tutorials. Yet somehow, they managed to survive Read more…

By Preparedness Pro, 3 weeksJune 23, 2025 ago
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The Secret Life of Buckets: 27 Things You Didn’t Know a 5-Gallon Bucket Could Do

If you’ve been prepping for more than five minutes, chances are you’ve got a stack of 5-gallon buckets taller than a defensive lineman at your place. But let’s be honest: do you really know the secret life of these humble homestead heroes? Grab a Diet Dr. Pepper and hold on Read more…

By Preparedness Pro, 4 weeksJune 20, 2025 ago
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Manners in a Meltdown: Etiquette for the Apocalypse (Please and Thank You Optional)

OK. Picture this: The world’s gone sideways—maybe it’s a grid-down event, maybe it’s the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2025. Whatever it is, you’ve survived. Congratulations! But now you’re standing in a makeshift bartering bazaar next to Steve (you know the guy—he’s the one who hoards sardines and always looks Read more…

By Preparedness Pro, 4 weeksJune 18, 2025 ago

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