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Urban Prepping: 5 Survival Tips for City Dwellers
Imagine receiving a notification with news alerting you of a citywide lockdown or a shelter-in-place order. Wherever you are at that very moment is where you must remain until whatever is happening outside your door is declared safe. It’s something we don’t want to think about, but it has happened...
How to Barter Your Way to Survival - Start Prepping Today
In the spring of 2020, Americans found themselves unable to buy items they desperately needed due to supply chain disruptions. Suddenly, we were willing to trade whatever we had for toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Without realizing it, we entered into an age-old tradition of survival bartering. Bartering has existed...
Say It Proudly - Merry Christmas Now More Than Ever
This time last year, the world had no idea what it was in for. Sure, we all knew the U.S. presidential election would be intense – as it surely has. But early in the year, the global outbreak of COVID-19 took everyone by surprise. We were told it was going...
How to Barter Your Way to Survival - Start Prepping Today
In the spring of 2020, Americans found themselves unable to buy items they desperately needed due to supply chain disruptions. Suddenly, we were willing to trade whatever we had for toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Without realizing it, we entered into an age-old tradition of survival bartering. Bartering has existed...
Big Tech Has a Censorship Problem. Here’s What You Need to Know.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” First Amendment of the U.S....
Lessons from the Spring Shutdown and How to Survive a Second One
In March 2020, our lives were turned upside down overnight as nonessential stores, restaurants, and schools shut down due to COVID-19. Now, in the fall of 2020, businesses have reopened, restaurants have more capacity, and students are attending class in school. But will it last? No matter if you believe...
What Nobody Expects Is Usually the Worst
Post-Election Mayhem Could Be the Next “Black Swan” Event – Preppers Might Be the Only Ones Who Survive If you’ve never heard the term “black swan” event… listen up. A “black swan” event is something unexpected that takes observers completely by surprise. It comes from the ancient belief that all...
The Trapped Chilean Mine Workers are Proof a Survival Mindset Works
Ten years ago, the world was glued to their televisions watching the dramatic rescue of Chilean mine workers. This group of 33 men had been stuck 2,300 feet underground from August 5, 2010 to October 13, 2010 – they survived 69 days with limited resources and without access to the...
How to Leverage Social Media When Disaster Strikes
However you might feel about Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Parler, and other platforms, social media is here to stay. Beyond staying in touch with your college friends and extended family members, it can be extremely valuable as a tool when disaster hits your area. For example, think about how social media… ...
What Little House on the Prairie Teaches Us about Preparedness
(Photo: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Many of us remember sitting with our families for our weekly viewing of the classic television show Little House on the Prairie. Even if you didn’t grow up watching the beloved Michael Landon or reading the series of novels it was based on,...
Civil Unrest: A Glimpse Into 3 Current Situations and Applicable Lessons
With a consistently shifting and changing financial, political, and social landscape, civil discontent is going to be a continued reality in our world. In many democratic and non-democratic nations, the outcome is civil unrest and protest. As The Guardian shares, “The protests raging today and in the past months on...
When Governments Kill the Internet
Many people in the Western world consider internet access to be a fundamental right. Our ability to instantly communicate with our friends and family, access information, and generate income using internet connection is easily taken for granted here in the United States. However, our ability to access and connect to...
