Over the years I’ve received e-mails from readers expressing their feeling of being overwhelmed. By the end of the e-mails a familiar question is brought up—“Why Bother?” I admit, I’ve had days, even weeks in which I am overwhelmed by everything that I still need to do. When that Read more…
As is often the case, I received an e-mail question from a reader which required more than just a simple yes or no answer. Now that I’m receiving 500+ of e-mails a day, I’m trying to be smart in managing my time better, as such, I thought it best to Read more…
There are great deal of headlines making the news lately which all point towards the realistic possibility of a terrible drought. Drought, famine, pestilence—it’s not exactly something that we spend much of our days thinking about. However, in my desire to fortify my Spiritual and Mental Preparedness (the first 2 Read more…
I frequently address the Ten Principles of Preparedness as being a great road map to pursuing a self-reliant lifestyle. I assert that the 10 Principles are put in order of prioritization and that one will find the truth of these priorities in their day to day living as well as preparing for the more vulnerable of circumstances. I’m satisfied a hundred times over and over with the completeness and the order of the prioritization as it’s applied to one scenario after another successfully. However…there is one key component in our lives that we must be mindful of in order to ensure that we can always apply these principles to our life and that is freedom. This key is often overlooked as a part of the Mental Preparedness Principle.
This update highlights upcoming classes taught in Colorado Springs, a lifetime of FRESH nutrition for under $200, and a teaser of what’s next for The Preparedness Pro–Hollywood?? Just to name a few… Catching everyone up with the past 4 weeks feels a little more like trying to catch the jet plane from Salt Lake City after it’s already landed at JFK airport, but I’ll do my best because I’d feel awful if I looked back a few weeks from now and realized that I never shared a few important tidbits. So here we go…
I have to say, this is my most hated and loathed 5 word sentence. Anyone who has the temerity to take control of their future though, aka practices self-reliance, has heard these words, or a derivative thereof way too many times.
“When things get rough, I’m coming to YOUR house!” “Why do I need to prepare for anything? I’ll just go to my parents house?” “If the world comes to an end, I’ll just get my gun and find me a Mormon.”
Prepper Outreach Content Submission 1: 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 Read more…
Prepper Outreach Submission #2: Prepping…it’s a positive thing. Being a post depression baby, the youngest of seven children, I’ve always admired survivors’. You know, those individuals who when life throws them a curve, knocks them down, they get up, dust themselves off and get back into the game of life. Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission #3 I am one of those people that the world calls “Physically Disabled”. However, my physical limitations do not prevent me from doing things to take care of myself in an emergency situation. Lack of physical strength will never deter me from doing everything I can to Read more…
Prepper Outreach Content Submission #4: I have read with fascination the stories about prepping. I think most of us fall into the category of “it is just a way of life with us”. My mom always had a large food storage. It took up many shelves in the garage instead Read more…