Prepper or Packrat? Decluttering When You’re Emotionally Attached to Old Batteries Let’s have a heart-to-heart, prepper-to-prepper Let’s face it: at some point in every prepper’s journey toward self-reliance, you find yourself standing knee-deep in Rubbermaid tubs and mystery buckets, holding a bag of remote controls and three headlamps with no Read more…
Let’s talk about the great unraveling—literally and figuratively—that occurs every time disaster looms, whether it’s a snowstorm, a pandemic, or a news anchor saying the word “supply chain” with that furrowed brow. I’m talking about the unspoken, irrational urge that sends millions sprinting toward the paper goods aisle like it’s Read more…
Doomsday Dating: Are You Emotionally Prepared for a Partner Who Hoards Pinto Beans?For when your love language is food storage and theirs is DoorDash. Ah, love. That sweet, mysterious force that can make your heart flutter, your palms sweat, and your pantry look like a grocery store preparing for the Read more…
Let me set the scene: It was a Friday night, and my living room looked like it was auditioning for a Pinterest board titled “Rustic Apocalypse Chic.” I had invited a group of neighbors over for what I lovingly dubbed The Power-Outage Party—a fully planned, partially ridiculous, community-building experiment in Read more…
Ah…the pirates of old. Rationing, water purification, navigation, self-governance… and the occasional cannon. They were the O.G. preppers, minus the deodorant. Before there were bug-out bags, freeze-dried chili mac, and YouTube channels explaining 37 ways to purify pond water with a paperclip, there were pirates — briny, bruised, and blissfully unaware Read more…
Being prepared isn’t paranoid—it’s powerful. As a woman navigating the world solo, your safety toolkit needs to be as dynamic as your life. The truth most “experts” won’t tell you? Security isn’t about living in fear—it’s about having the confidence to live freely. Let’s cut through the noise with strategies Read more…
The story of the Titanic is legendary—equal parts cautionary tale, disaster movie fodder, and lesson in what not to do when things go south. The ship was marketed as “unsinkable” (a word that practically begged the universe to prove it wrong), and in the icy early hours of April 15, Read more…
Let’s face it—social media is a double-edged sword. On one side, it’s a goldmine of information, brimming with survival hacks, homesteading tips, and preparedness wisdom. On the other, it’s a dumpster fire of doom-scrolling, misinformation, and people stockpiling 700 gallons of ranch dressing like the apocalypse is just a really Read more…
We’ve all seen them—the doomsday preppers with their bunkers stocked to the rafters with enough dehydrated lasagna to feed a small army and enough ammo to make Rambo blush. They hoard, they hunker, and they seem absolutely certain that TEOTWAWKI (The End of the World As We Know It) is Read more…
If you ever need a role model for preparedness, don’t look to the latest doomsday guru or that guy on YouTube who built a bunker out of shipping containers. Look no further than your backyard. That’s right—squirrels. Those little acorn-hoarding, tree-scampering, winter-ready survivalists have been preparing for disaster long before Read more…