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Surely, a percentage of the preparedness-minded fantasize about living at their own survival retreat (bug out location) full time. But how?

If you don’t prepare, you could lose everything — If you prepare for the worst and nothing happens, you’ve lost nothing. A prepper motto…

Persistence and Determination. Unfortunately, when times get tough, you need to “embrace the suck” to get through it. Here’s what I mean…

It’s summer. People take vacations from their day-to-day jobs. Many will go camping. I wonder, what is the allure?

Sampson, we miss you so much…

It all starts with thinking. Lots of it. Thoughts lead to words. Then actions, character, and eventually your legacy…

Push through the fear of the unknown in order to challenge yourself to try new things…

A fascinating high resolution satellite view of city lights and urban regions of the USA at night.

Although the northeast is heavily populated, there are large regions in New England that have a low population density.