Things tend to take on a smoother, more successful, and reliable pattern when they’ve become routine. That’s not to say that you’re taking things for granted, more that they’ve become a part of your everyday life. And that’s just the way that the most effective and successful prepping is likely to develop and take hold - when it becomes a way of life. The big … [Read more...] about Build Prepping Into Everyday Life
Skills
Soft Skills Versus Hard Skills
In your readings around the subject of prepping you’ll probably come across the terms “soft skills” and “hard skills”. What are they? How do they compare? And do you need both to become a practised prepper? Soft skills The recruitment agency Reed explains that the term soft skills is typically used to describe general attributes which are not required for any one specific … [Read more...] about Soft Skills Versus Hard Skills
Food Storage For Prepping
If you’re serious about prepping, sooner or later you’re going to have to think about what food store you lay down, where you put it, and how long those stores are likely to last you and your family or group. The need for food As an article published on Healthline suggests, you could survive a surprisingly long time without food – up to a month or more has been managed by … [Read more...] about Food Storage For Prepping
Six Really Useful Books For Preppers
You’ll know how much we’ve gone on about there being no substitute for learning your prepper skills through action. There’s no getting around the need for practical learning, practising what you have learned, and doing those routines over and over again. No amount of shiny new equipment, we argued in a blog on the 2nd of June can be a substitute for practising, enhancing, … [Read more...] about Six Really Useful Books For Preppers
How To Build A Shelter
Many of our blogs have talked about the four fundamental requirements for survival – fire, food, water, and shelter. Whatever you might be thinking about your need for water, food, and fire, shelter is, in fact, likely to be your most pressing, life-preserving need. Indeed, as we noted in our blog on the 27th of May, you might not survive even the first three hours in a hostile … [Read more...] about How To Build A Shelter