4 Things You Can Do Every Day To Help Prep

Being prepped isn’t just a case of getting your kit together and then forgetting about it. Being prepped requires a number of different elements to be successful, such as mindset, keeping on top of your physical and survival skills, and regularly refreshing your knowledge of the items in your prepper kit so that, if you need them, using them becomes second nature.

Here are four things you can do to prep – you don’t need to do all of these every day, but try and do one or two so that prepping really becomes second nature to you.

1. Read a book

There are plenty of books on prepping or skill training. These may give you further insight into what you need to know or areas where you need to improve your prepper skillset. You may want to consider books such as The Prepper’s Long Time Survival Book, The Prepper’s Pantry and The Prepper’s Complete Book of Disaster Readiness.

Further reading: Six Really Useful Books For Preppers

2. Study

Boost your prepping skills by taking online courses to learn a skill or by physically taking a class.

While nothing beats proper hands-on learning (whether it is foraging, self-defence or learning how to start a fire), online courses allow you to learn at your own pace and your own time. They can give you a good foundation for any skill.

Taking a class, of course, is the still the best way to learn and practice your skills, and you can find classes local to you by looking online.

Further reading: Skills        

3. Exercise

This can be as simple as going for (fast) walks, doing body weight workouts, going to the gym.  It could include classes such as Self Defence training etc. (See point 2 above).

Keeping up your fitness levels is probably one of the most important aspects of prepping.

Further reading:

Ideas For A Homemade Gym

Learning Self-Defence

The DIY Gym: Equipment To Get You Strong

4. Practice

Practice your prepping both equipment and skills-wise. For example:

Equipment

• Where is your go bag (bug out bag)? 
• Does it have everything in it? 
• Does it all work?
• Are you familiar with how to use the kit or do you need to refresh yourself? (You can read more here:  Your Kit: The Basics)

Skills

There is just one thing here – practice, practice and practice. If you cannot attend classes regularly, invest in a Bob Dummy or other type of punch bag. Keep practicing and refining your skills. This will help with muscle memory too.