{"id":18265,"date":"2016-02-25T15:16:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T20:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=18265"},"modified":"2016-02-25T15:16:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T20:16:39","slug":"the-self-reliance-weekly-report-getting-organized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=18265","title":{"rendered":"The Self-Reliance Weekly Report: Getting Organized"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/8469-02252016\">The Self-Reliance Weekly Report: Getting Organized<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fwI\" title=\"Feb 25 Self Reliance Strategies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Feb-25-Self-Reliance-Strategies.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_top\"><\/div>\n<p><em>In the last weeks of winter, you can sometimes find yourself in limbo. You\u2019re itching for spring and the smell of the freshly turned dirt, the magic of planting seeds, and the good weather to get outside and have some fun. Meanwhile, it\u2019s still cold, possibly slushy, and definitely too soon to plant or bring home baby animals for the farm in most areas. This week, the Self-Reliance Weekly Report is about taking some time to audit your self-reliance, get organized, and plan some projects. (And if you\u2019re getting a big tax return, that might help fund your efforts.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 The Self-Reliance Weekly Report is a collection of strategies, made up of the articles, books, DIYs, and products that I found useful on my own little prepper\u2019s homestead.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prepping<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Being organized is incredibly important.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0It\u2019s always nice to have a home in which you can find tings quickly, but in a disaster situation that takes on a whole new level of importance. If the lights are out, how quickly can you lay hands on needed supplies? How long would it take you to find a vital first aid item while a family member suffered a medical emergency?\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/survivalathome.com\/how-organizing-your-home-better-prepares-you-for-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\">This article will help you get your home and preps more organized<\/a>. And while it\u2019s all well and good to put things away properly,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/the-puzzling-plight-of-the-preppers-missing-pasta-03052013\" target=\"_blank\">it\u2019s also important to document where you put stuff<\/a>, especially when your \u201cstuff\u201d is prepper level and placed in various hidey-holes all over your home. (Speaking of hidey-holes, here are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/urbansurvivalsite.com\/food-storage-locations-people-small-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\">20 places to stash your preps<\/a>.) \u00a0Finally,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/doomsday-hoarders-6-ocd-hacks-to-organize-your-stockpile-chaos-12312014\" target=\"_blank\">here are a few hacks<\/a>\u00a0to help you stash things away.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Are you just getting started with your preparedness endeavors?<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backdoorsurvival.com\/20-steps-ultimate-guide-to-becoming-a-prepper\/\" target=\"_blank\">This guide is your outline<\/a>. If you want to be prepared, break it down into simple steps so you don\u2019t get overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Self-Reliance Weekly Report: Getting Organized In the last weeks of winter, you can sometimes find yourself in limbo. You\u2019re itching for spring and the smell of the freshly turned dirt, the magic of planting seeds, and the good weather to get outside and have some fun. Meanwhile, it\u2019s still cold, possibly slushy, and definitely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6156,5837,12637,650,715],"class_list":["post-18265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-daisy-luther","tag-organic-prepper","tag-organisation","tag-prepping","tag-self-reliance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18266,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18265\/revisions\/18266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}