Prepper Outreach Contest
16 Apr 2012 by Preparedness Pro filed in
Preparing for difficult times or unforeseen catastrophes doesn't have to be a chore. By simply adjusting how you normally shop, you can start increasing your independence. As you become more sure of yourself, you will find that you actually have more available cash that in turn can be used to improve your situation even more.
Prepping isn't a fad - it's a lifestyle. Planning ahead so that you will be living, not just surviving.
And most importantly, remember the key to surviving is to not be in...
16 Apr 2012 by Preparedness Pro filed in
Years prior to 2008, I was a daily shopper – never thinking past the next day. My routine was much like many other people I knew – I would get up, go to work, and stop on the way home to “pick up what’s for dinner!” I would get aggravated if the grocery store didn’t have what I wanted and I recall thinking once, “I have the money and still can’t get what I want – stupid store!”
In the fall of 2008 my life changed greatly, but I didn’t readily see it. I met, fell in love with, and married a...
16 Apr 2012 by Preparedness Pro filed in
We’ve all experienced hardships and unexpected life changing events in our lives. It seems that every time you turn on the news that worldwide natural disasters seem to be the norm. Of course it could be a personal unexpected hardship, like an illness, death, divorce, or unemployment. “They” say many of us are only a paycheck away from being homeless. Then there are the mumblings of a nationwide economic collapse. It doesn’t have to take a catastrophic event like an EMP strike shutting...
16 Apr 2012 by Preparedness Pro filed in
We use a common sense approach to prepping; it’s a way of life for us.
I am all about practical preparedness. Because my husband and I live the art of practical preparedness, we have a great life. We are so used to our way of life that it is normal to us. We have our yearly routine that we do to maintain a level of preparedness at all times. We are constantly working on prepping. Every time we use up our food storage we replace it so we always have a stockpile.
In our community I am...
16 Apr 2012 by Preparedness Pro filed in
I grew up in a single parent family in the 70's. Money incredibly tight and my mother was exceptionally frugal. I was the youngest of two so "hand me downs" were the story of my life. We ate many pancake suppers and wasting of food was never aloud. We were poor but I really didn't know it as a kid. My mother did without so that my older sister and I had all that we needed. I grew up health, happy, and loved.
My grandfather did odd jobs after he retired and since I was not yet of school age, he...
16 Apr 2012 by Preparedness Pro filed in
Preparedness has been a way of life, taught to me through example, by my parents and grandparents. My grandparents were not a “preppers”—they were smart, hard-working farmers, who knew how to make the best of their resources—growing and canning their own food and being happy with what they had.
My parents followed that example and even though we lived in the city, we gardened, canned and worked hard to be self-reliant. Our garage was full of shelves filled with food, water and paper goods...
16 Apr 2012 by Preparedness Pro filed in
Even though it was 49 years ago, I still remember the WW2-era can of dried eggs sitting on the shelf in my extended family’s shared vacation cabin in the Arkansas Ozarks. I was five and remember my mother fussing as to why on earth my Aunt Mac thought she needed to keep those dried eggs. After all, it was 1963; the things were probably way beyond anything you would ever want to eat. I tucked that scene away in the “important things to remember” file of my young mind.
I grew up in the age of...
16 Apr 2012 by Preparedness Pro filed in
For years we have talked about stocking up on food and water. And for years we did nothing about it. I think busy life and not really worrying was the culprit. Then I lost my job. At first I figured everything will be fine. I will get a job no problem I have a lot of skills.
The first and second month were easy. Got some unemployment and looked for a job figuring this was just a little vacation. By the third month I realized that unemployment barely covered anything. I had to make a choice...
16 Apr 2012 by Preparedness Pro filed in
As a child, we didn’t call what my wife and I do now “prepping”. I don’t know what it was called, it was just what my family did. As I got older, I somehow lost those skills and the desire to keep them up. Shortly after getting married, my wife discovered a new found sense of urgency. This urgency was to become prepared for whatever might happen.
My wife had an inner sense that something was going to happen, almost foreboding. This was after 9/11, and I attributed it to some sort of post...
16 Apr 2012 by Preparedness Pro filed in
All of us at one time or another think about "what ifs." The fact is that because of our planning for some of the "what ifs" in life we have things that we purchase or do to prepare for them. Things like life insurance, auto insurance, medical insurance, disability insurance, and even unemployment insurance are there for the accidents, emergencies, and bumps in life. There are some who protect or prepare for life's curves by being particular about what they eat or use in the way of household...
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