GET STARTED

Getting Started

“Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.”
Napoleon Hill

When we are first confronted with the idea of being prepared, a couple opilgramf things happen to many of us. When we seriously consider the commitment required to be prepared for an emergency; we may go into denial and say, “this won’t happen here” and ignore the warning signs or we become overwhelmed by the seemingly daunting task of being self-reliant and we procrastinate. Days, weeks, months go by and we are no closer to our goal of being prepared for an emergency.

We suggest that you start by making plans and setting goals that you can easily accomplish, for example: If the smoke alarms are screaming at 3:00 am, what will you need to take with you when you evacuate your smoke filled house? Important papers and records? Family pictures? A change of clothes? Your wallet? Your meds?

  • Put together a bag of the items that you want to take and then practice having a couple of fire drill with your family.
  • Find a group near you and get involved with the business of becoming more self-reliant.

The following are several lists that will help you get organized and on the road to becoming self-reliant:

Top Ten Survival Skills

1.      Organizational Skills: Stay focused

2.      Frugal: Watch your spending and invest in tools and supplies that will last.

3.      Risk Assessment: Inventory and use available resources

4.      First Aid Training

5.      Cooking

6.      Gardening

7.      Preserving and storing food

8.      Basic Construction and Home Maintenance

9.      Communication

10.    Interpersonal Skills: People skills

The 8 Biggest Mistakes that people make

1.      Survival Hobby

2.      Outsourcing Food Storage

3.      Outsourcing your Bug-Out Bag or Get Home Bag

4.      Planning to be a “Lone Wolf”

5.      Prioritizing: Shelter, Water, Food. Not the other way around.

6.      Not carrying your EDC every day

And probably the biggest mistakes many folks make:

7.      Having a bunch of stuff but no plan

8.      Having a Plan but never practicing

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