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The Self-Reliance Manifesto: More Than 300 Resources to Guide You on the Path to Radical Freedom
The Self-Reliance Manifesto: More Than 300 Resources to Guide You on the Path to Radical Freedom Self-Reliance. It’s a revolutionary word these days and I thought it deserved a manifesto. Manifesto: noun man·i·fes·to \ˌma-nə-ˈfes-(ˌ)tō\ A declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer. ~~~~~ Have you happened to notice that our society is out of balance? The […]
Vehicular Survival Basics And Tools That Will Keep You Alive When Disaster Strikes And You’re On The Road And Away From Home
Vehicular Survival Basics And Tools That Will Keep You Alive When Disaster Strikes And You’re On The Road And Away From Home The world we live in today is unstable. We face the possibility of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, viral outbreaks, power outages, water shortages, the list goes on and on. Hurricane Katrina showed proved […]
Jack Spirko: The Road To Resilience
Jack Spirko: The Road To Resilience Requires a good map. Got one? Continuing our focus on solutions, this week we’re joined on the podcast by Jack Spirko. His daily podcast focuses on practical, actionable steps each of us can take to “live a better life, if times get tough or even if they don’t” — a mission […]
Reader’s Choice 2015: The Top 15 Articles of the Year
Reader’s Choice 2015: The Top 15 Articles of the Year In a year filled with violence, financial uncertainty, an epidemic of offended people, and unprecedented civil unrest, it’s obvious that more people than ever became aware of the need to get prepared. Based on your favorite posts, some prevalent themes are clear. Readers are interested in […]
The 10 Daily Habits of Prepared People
The 10 Daily Habits of Prepared People For some people, preparedness is about the big things: the well-stocked retreat home, buying yet another firearm, or getting a super-fancy generator. While these things can certainly be classified as preparedness endeavors, it isn’t the expensive and dramatic gestures that make us truly prepared people. The way prepared people spend […]
It’s Time To Seriously Prepare For The Economic Collapse
It’s Time To Seriously Prepare For The Economic Collapse
Flowing Toward Abundance
Flowing Toward Abundance Over the last year or so, a neighbor has stocked up eight or ten piles of firewood in his yard, probably fifteen or twenty cords. What’s he going to do with it all? The house has a wood stove, but the family mostly uses the furnace, and burns wood only occasionally to […]
How to communicate when the world goes silent
How to communicate when the world goes silent So how would you communicate with your family or get help if communications go down? If you found yourself in the middle of a wide-scale disaster such as a hurricane or other catastrophe and you had no government coming to help for a while, how would you communicate […]
Six Ways You Can Make More Money To Buy More Preps (Or Just Pay Off Your Bills)
Six Ways You Can Make More Money To Buy More Preps (Or Just Pay Off Your Bills) I get thousands of emails each month (usually over 3,000 to be exact) and the one problem that I see mentioned over and over is a lack of money to prep, and while I try to keep the advice […]
Prepping for a Hurricane: Are You Ready for Joaquin?
Prepping for a Hurricane: Are You Ready for Joaquin? The East Coast is bracing for a hurricane that may rival the ferocity of Superstorm Sandy. Hurricane Joaquin is expected to reach Category 4 proportions today, as it gains strength in the Bahamas. Current projections have it heading due north, and it’s predicted to make landfall […]
We Are All Preppers Now
We Are All Preppers Now Damian McBride is the former head of communications at the British treasury and former special adviser to Gordon Brown, erstwhile Prime Minister of the U.K. Yesterday he tweeted some surprising advice in response to the plunge in global equities markets.; Advice on the looming crash, No. 1: get hard cash in a safe […]
How to Properly Debate a Non Prepper
How to Properly Debate a Non Prepper Let me start by saying that I almost never do this. I hate giving people a hard time for their opinions, even if they’re wildly divergent from my own. But sometimes, people say things that are so baseless and ignorant, they demand a response. Such is the case […]
12 Strategies for Creating the Perfect Pantry
12 Strategies for Creating the Perfect Pantry There are a lot of different ways to go about building your pantry. While each style has its pros and cons, I think that adhering to any one strategy alone leaves some gaps in your food preparedness. Personally, I’m a fan of combining the best of each world […]
Looking for Motivation? 21 Preppers Share the Stories of How They Got Started
Looking for Motivation? 21 Preppers Share the Stories of How They Got Started One of the most common questions I’m asked in interviews is how I got started prepping. That crucial moment when you decide that you need to change the way you live is paramount to understanding the motivation to live a prepared lifestyle. Recently, I asked […]
How to Prep When You’re NOT an Epic Wilderness Survival Guru
How to Prep When You’re NOT an Epic Wilderness Survival Guru Did you ever read a blog post on a prepper site and sigh, because the person writing the post seemed to have been born a survivalist? In your mind’s eye, you could envision them at the tender age of six, weaving a snare from some vines […]
