Signal for survival You’ve read numerous news stories about it but you never thought it would actually happen to you. Unfortunately, you zigged when you should have zagged and you’ve just realized you’ve walked by the same tree four… Continue Reading
Down Time is Important Preppers and survivalists often get caught up in the “embrace the suck” concept, which is very important, don’t get me wrong. But, it is just as critical to allow yourself some down time, some time when… Continue Reading
Prepping is like any other worthwhile endeavor – there are going to be a few stumbles along the way. Fortunately, you can avoid some of them by learning from the mistakes of others. The important thing is to not lose… Continue Reading
Post-Collapse Scavenging In Prepper’s Long-Term Survival Guide, I talked a fair bit about community survival planning. In that discussion, I mentioned the idea of doing asset assessments, in which you would sort of take stock of what’s available in your… Continue Reading
Kids and the Outdoors One of the greatest gifts you could possibly give the next generation is a love of nature and the outdoors. Sometimes it seems as though we get so busy with the hustle and bustle of… Continue Reading
The Slow Burn Stuff Hits The Fan (SHTF) and the Emotional State of the Average American We’re 3-4 weeks or so into sheltering in place, safer at home, lockdown, or whatever other term for it you might prefer. On… Continue Reading
Cash in the BOB? Should you have cash in your bug out bag (BOB) or other emergency kit? I see that question pop up from time to time. Here’s my take on it. What seems to be a running… Continue Reading
Pretty much anywhere you live, things are a bit different than they were, say, a month ago. If COVID-19 hasn’t arrived in force in your area, be patient as it is probably on the way. About the only place it… Continue Reading
Garden Planning As you sit around contemplating your belly button during the nationwide shutdown, maybe make use of some that time to figure out what you can grow this year in your garden beds. Online seed sources sold out?… Continue Reading
Conflict Resolution I have long believed that communication skills are among the most important, yet least practiced, survival skill sets. They are applicable across the board, both now and down the road. Given the current situation, many of us… Continue Reading
Financial Preparedness As preppers and survivalists, we make plans for all sorts of emergencies. From being stranded in the car due to weather to a full-scale pandemic, we’re all set with food, water, and other supplies we’ve carefully curated… Continue Reading
Consider the Source The survival/prepper world seems to attract a good number of self-styled prophets and prognosticators (can’t believe I actually spelled that correctly the first time around, LOL). These are people who will tell you, with the utmost… Continue Reading
Prepping with children For many of us, our families are essentially the reason for our prepping. We want to do everything we can to make sure they are safe, no matter what happens in our lives. When it comes… Continue Reading
Spend more than about 8 seconds in any survival related forum and you’ll hear some variation on this phrase – Skills are better than Stuff. Skills vs Stuff The basic premise at work here is that learning skills is a… Continue Reading
Trust Your Gut “I knew there was something off about him.” How many times have you had that thought? How many times have you just had this bad feeling about a person but you couldn’t quite pin down the reason… Continue Reading