PREPAREDNESS LIVING

I remember first discovering his radio broadcast back during 1989. His words “ringing true” with me. What an influence…

Are you thinking about a remote property? Away from the conveniences of built-in infrastructure such as a municipal water supply?

People up and move for various reasons. What state would you move to, if you could? Or are you happy where you are?

I believe that working towards these three goals will change your life. I can tell you that it’s worth the effort.

A list of ten things to consider while starting out in the realm of preparedness.

Sometimes it’s good to look for the “good”. It exists in nature all around us. Here’s my short story about the Robins…

When a prepper feels that they are completely prepared, what advice can we offer when they ask “what’s next?”

When you see bad things coming on the horizon, do you feel compelled to warn others? At what point do you give up (because they’re not concerned)?

There tend to be one of two reactions upon discovering that someone is successful. Happy for them, or jealous and vindictive of their success. Why is that?

We are inherently tribal, characterized by a tendency to form groups or by strong group loyalty. Globalism may be incompatible with our core being.

People from the city regions with their urban ideas can make it difficult or disrupt the way of life for those who live rural. What do I mean by that? In my view there are two primary contributing factors: Cities Control Political Direction 1. The cities constitute...

There are those who rely on others first, before they rely on themselves. There may be a number of reasons for that. - Physically unable - Lacking in 'know how' - Don't have the resources or tools - Lazy - "I'm owed" I can tell you from personal experience that FIRST...

Self Reliance or Self Sufficiency, what's the difference? People tend to use these terms interchangeably. I have been guilty of it too. However if you dig into it a bit, there is a difference in their meaning.   Self Reliance Being self reliant is about not being...

(image: survivalism & preparedness is a long and winding road...) When did you first become interested in survivalism? What kindled your interest at first? Was it a friend, an external event, or just survival instinct? First, I would say that I've always had a...

Too often, the notion of being prepared, having a preparedness mindset, being a (gasp) 'prepper', is associated with fear, worry, or even paranoia. While some personalities do excessively give in to these emotions, I'm here to tell you that from my point of view...

Guest article, by ‘NRP’ Time is all there is. This past weekend I got into a “funk” thinking about ‘where did the Month go’. That grew into ‘where did the Year go’ and of course next ‘where did all the Time go’? So I wanted to present an article about ”Time” with the...

Population density and survival retreat location are inversely proportional. That is, most survival retreat locations will tend to be located in low population density areas. Survival Retreat Whether you live there full time, as a 2nd 'home', or a bug out location,...

What is the truth? How do you know that it's true? What mechanisms do you use to determine the truth? Is truth subjective to an extent? Depends on the subject I suppose... Does truth discovery necessitate that people "think"? To be able to think critically? Yes, I...

(the road little traveled) We are creatures of habit. Not saying that it's necessarily a bad thing. Just an observation. Might it be good to break the routines once in awhile? Think about it... How often do you park in the same general parking spot location every day...

Persistence and Determination. They are often crucial & critical to success. I believe that it's actually the secret to success and can be applied to nearly anything, any goal, and most any situation. In today's topic I'm going to apply those two words to high level...

"Why can't we all just get along?" Answer: Because we're human. Unless you're young and naive, you know full well that there is seemingly an infinite personality variety among we humans. No two people are alike (in more ways than one!). A challenge can be "getting...

What makes for a perfect bug out location? I will throw out a few bullet points to get the conversation started. While there's probably no such thing in the real world as a perfect bug out location or a perfect survival retreat to call home, there certainly are things...

It's tempting for those of us who author survival & preparedness websites to gravitate towards worst case scenarios when we write articles. Yes it's more dramatic, scary, and shocking to focus on "Armageddon". It can be fun and interesting to delve into the...

Is fear a motivator for your prepping and preparedness? Fear can certainly be a powerful motivator and is used often (too often?) in the realm of prepping and preparedness. How many prepper and other websites are constantly filling their article titles with apparent...