{"id":32916,"date":"2018-03-28T14:21:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T19:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=32916"},"modified":"2018-03-28T14:21:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T19:21:16","slug":"its-not-doom-and-gloom-preparedness-is-the-ultimate-act-of-optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=32916","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Not Doom and Gloom: Preparedness is the Ultimate Act of Optimism"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Not Doom and Gloom: Preparedness is the Ultimate Act of Optimism<\/a><\/h3>\n

Does this sound familiar?<\/p>\n

You\u2019re talking to a friend or family member who isn\u2019t on board with preparedness. \u00a0(And it\u2019s even worse when they think<\/em> they know what\u2019s going on in the world but garner their so-called \u201cinformation\u201d from network news sources.) \u00a0You try for the millionth time to get them to consider stocking up on a few things and they say this:<\/p>\n

Life\u2019s too short for all of this doom and gloom. \u00a0Live a little! You\u2019re such a pessimist!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My response to this is that preparedness is the ultimate form of optimism.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One who practices skills, makes dramatic lifestyle changes, and studies current events critically may come across to the uninitiated as a person who has buried himself or herself in negativity, but in fact, one who prepares is saying to life, \u201cWhatever comes, we are not only going to live through it, my family is going to thrive!\u201d<\/p>\n

I think that methods of preparedness can be compared to love songs on the radio. \u00a0Bear with me through this analogy.<\/p>\n

If the songs that make you think of your significant other are sad, with reference to breaking up and getting back together, unsatisfied yearnings, arguments, frustration, anger, and broken hearts, you just might be doing the whole \u201clove\u201d thing wrong. \u00a0Shouldn\u2019t the song that makes you think of the one you love be happy, upbeat, full of joy? Shouldn\u2019t thoughts of that special someone make you more prone to goofy smiles and a warm glow than to melancholy longing or the urge to gleefully burn all of their belongings in a great pile in the front yard?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s exactly the same with preparedness. \u00a0Thoughts of your plans, your lifestyle, and your loaded pantry room should give you a sense of peace and security. \u00a0If your state of preparedness makes you feel unhappy, stressed, angry, or resentful, you\u2019re doing something wrong.<\/p>\n

Here are some examples of how prepping is pure, unadulterated\u00a0optimism.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s Not Doom and Gloom: Preparedness is the Ultimate Act of Optimism Does this sound familiar? You\u2019re talking to a friend or family member who isn\u2019t on board with preparedness. \u00a0(And it\u2019s even worse when they think they know what\u2019s going on in the world but garner their so-called \u201cinformation\u201d from network news sources.) \u00a0You […]<\/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":[6156,19525,4018,4019,603,649,650,5756],"class_list":["post-32916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-daisy-luther","tag-doom-and-gloom","tag-emergencies","tag-emergency-planning","tag-optimism","tag-preparedness","tag-prepping","tag-the-organic-prepper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32916","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=32916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32917,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32916\/revisions\/32917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}