#1 Prep? Eliminate Debt
My Most Important Prep – Eliminate Debt! We all have a plan to survive a tornado. We all have a plan to survive a hurricane. We all have a plan to survive a power outage. We all have a plan… Continue Reading
Author: Merman
Children Are Good for Prepping
As I was putting my tent away, the thought occurred to me that children can be good for prepping. My daughter likes to camp in the backyard, roast smores and weenies, and play with the fire. I discovered I can… Continue Reading
The Prepper Toolbox – Measuring Tools
In Part 3 of the Prepper Toolbox series, we will take a look at measuring tools that every prepper needs to have in their toolboxes. Often overlooked, these are critical for building if the Stuff Hits The Fan. Measuring Tools… Continue Reading
Ultimate Prepper Toolbox Part 2: Storage
In Part 2 of The Prepper Toolbox series we finally get to the cool stuff – gear. Storage for gear, in particular You can read Part 1, the Prepper Toolbox Library, by clicking HERE. Before you start to buy a… Continue Reading
Ultimate Prepper Toolbox Part 1: The Prepper Library
Ultimate Prepper Toolbox Part 1: The Prepper Toolbox Library The Prepper toolbox is a topic that I have not seen covered by preppers. Tools are almost never discussed in the prepper community (other than here on 3BY). Even though the… Continue Reading
Small Prepper Success, Failure
Small Prepper Success, Failure Failure is the best teacher, but sometimes it is good to celebrate the minor victories. Let’s be real for a moment. Most of us will only experience minor successes because catastrophes are not likely to happen. … Continue Reading
Don’t Get Burned: Bugout Location Asset Protection
This asset protection article was inspired by the reader JH who commented on Paranoid Prepper’s article PrepperNomics 107: A Look At Mutual Assistance Groups (MAG) Contracts. JH was part of a MAG that dissolved as part of an ownership dispute and… Continue Reading
Trust – A Misunderstood Concept Among Preppers
Paranoid Prepper recently wrote the article PrepperNomics 107: A Look At Mutual Assistance Groups (MAG) Contracts. A reader mentioned that the hard part is to figure out who to trust if your MAG is not family based. Trust Trust is probably… Continue Reading
Prepper 101: The Three Week Prep
The 4th in the Rule of 3’s is the amount of time someone can survive without food – three week period. Candidly, I didn’t consider three weeks without the possibility to resupply to even be a possibility. Seeing what happened… Continue Reading
Prepper 101: Prep 3 – The Three Day Prep
The 3rd of The Rule of 3’s is 3 Days – that’s how long a human can go without water. Finding a short term water solution is a super easy and super cheap prep, but probably the most important for… Continue Reading
Why I Quit Prepping (And Why I Came Back To It)
Have any of you ever quit prepping? I have. I started researching prepping a few years ago but stopped because the information that I had found on the subject made it seem ridiculous and, worse, impossible for me. Fat Guys… Continue Reading
Everything You’ve Read About Bug-Out Bags Is Wrong
I can hear everyone in the prepper community collectively slapping magazines in their ARs, chambering a round, turning on their headlamps, piling into their Bug-Out Vehicles and coming to hang me with paracord from the Oak tree in my front… Continue Reading
PrepperPsych 101: Prepping Is Fun!
Remember the Dr. Pepper advertisement jingle? It works especially well for preppers. “I’m a prepper, you’re a prepper, he’s a prepper, she’s a prepper. Wouldn’t you like to be a prepper too!” Who would enjoy prepping? Here’s a small list:… Continue Reading
Urban Prepping: 6 Places You Didn’t Know You Can Stash Stuff
Let’s talk about six places you probably didn’t know you could stash stuff in your home. Just so you know, my father owned a construction company so I’ve been around the construction related trades all of my life, and I… Continue Reading
Budget Prepping: 6 Ideas to Help You Get Started
For most of my adult life I have lived on an extremely tight budget. A huge amount of things in the prepping community are prohibitively expensive. I wanted to give you some guidance and encouragement to those who would like… Continue Reading