I think having a prepper attitude and life style has personally relieved and reduced our stress levels.Sure our just in time delivery system is great,and we do use it to some degree.I do not want to depend on it though.
I do not think it takes an arsenal to prep.Firearms are needed and do not take it the wrong way,but your life depends on water,food,and the ability to stay warm.Things modern life styles just take for granted.They are also things usually out of your control in the modern world without direct effort on your part to make sure you can meet those needs.Modern life means reliance on others for your every basic need.From food delivered to the store,to water pumped to your house your life is dependent on someone else.Your very survival depends on things being provided for you by anther party(usually for commercial gain).
A "prepper" has taken some of that control back from others and is more self reliant.Having that control over your life and basic needs actually feels great.Less than 100 years ago most people had that control,they needed it if they wanted to survive.With the industrial revolution,manufacturing,and the progress to a just in time supply system less and less needed to rely on themselves to meet basic needs.Our house has made a conscious choice to be less reliant on others to keep us alive.We take responsibility for our own well being.
The world may just hum along without any interruption to our modern life style forever,however if history is any guide this is a false sense of security.People forget so easily when things are going well.Few probably remember being rationed 2 cans of vegetables per month,or less than a pound of beef per month,but that was the reality during world war 2.Most basic food items(and many other items) where rationed,and the last great spurt of raising your own food happened during that time with 98% of all US house holds having a garden.History often repeats itself.My life style would not need to change and for me life would go on much as it is now.How would your life change?
Prepping is not about the end of the world,zombies,collapse of a government, or even natural disasters for me.It is about relying on yourself to live life to the fullest without needed others to provide for your every need and it feels great.
https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/survival-disaster-preparedness/181278-fear-vs-worry.html
I do not think it takes an arsenal to prep.Firearms are needed and do not take it the wrong way,but your life depends on water,food,and the ability to stay warm.Things modern life styles just take for granted.They are also things usually out of your control in the modern world without direct effort on your part to make sure you can meet those needs.Modern life means reliance on others for your every basic need.From food delivered to the store,to water pumped to your house your life is dependent on someone else.Your very survival depends on things being provided for you by anther party(usually for commercial gain).
A "prepper" has taken some of that control back from others and is more self reliant.Having that control over your life and basic needs actually feels great.Less than 100 years ago most people had that control,they needed it if they wanted to survive.With the industrial revolution,manufacturing,and the progress to a just in time supply system less and less needed to rely on themselves to meet basic needs.Our house has made a conscious choice to be less reliant on others to keep us alive.We take responsibility for our own well being.
The world may just hum along without any interruption to our modern life style forever,however if history is any guide this is a false sense of security.People forget so easily when things are going well.Few probably remember being rationed 2 cans of vegetables per month,or less than a pound of beef per month,but that was the reality during world war 2.Most basic food items(and many other items) where rationed,and the last great spurt of raising your own food happened during that time with 98% of all US house holds having a garden.History often repeats itself.My life style would not need to change and for me life would go on much as it is now.How would your life change?
Prepping is not about the end of the world,zombies,collapse of a government, or even natural disasters for me.It is about relying on yourself to live life to the fullest without needed others to provide for your every need and it feels great.
https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/survival-disaster-preparedness/181278-fear-vs-worry.html
, is when people neglect other vital areas of life, like some flavor of 401k,Roth/IRA/college funds/ etc etc, so they can horde MRE's and making cool little hand crank systems so their bullet and case feeders will still work when the lights go out.
