/johnny
I can’t much get into this Prepper thing.............
Whatever happens, happens. If it’s as bad as some folks are predicting, I don’t even know if I WANT to survive it.
John Galt said in Atlas Shrugged, “I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
My personal “Galt” in my mind is to ignore what other people say about preparedness, to remove myself from the world when it comes to my preps and safety - to do it myself for no one will do it for me. I am in my own capsule and I do what is necessary for me to survive whatever comes my way.
I can't control the world at large, can't control the government of this country, can't control my state, can't control my county or my city, but I can control myself and what I do. Putting it simply, I said, “Screw you world.” I study for better ways and more ways to make my prep life better and I leave the rest of the world outside my house to God.
I am asking/taking help from JRandomFreeper as I try to grow some damn plants but other that that, I do everything on my own. I read, I study, and I act.
Johnny, you said:
“I’m not a prepper. Because of the economy, I have to live like it’s the mid 1800s.”
Actually, you are probably more of a prepper than 99% of us contributing to these prepper threads.
Your posts point out an aspect of prepping sometimes mentioned but sometimes overlooked in these discussions.
Prepping isn’t only about buying stuff.
It’s also about mental preparation and learning/honing skills necessary to live self sufficiently as much as practicable.
In fact, as I think about it, while food, water and other stores will be absolutely necessary in the short term following a disaster, knowledge, skills and tools will be more important in the long term.
After all - how many people can store enough food and water for their family to last 2 years, 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?
To most the closing down of supermarkets will be an immediate disaster.
To some preppers it may reach disaster levels only when their prepper stores run out.
To the self sufficient it may hardly be a bump in the road.
As far as learning skills for self sufficiency I’m finding it’s not that easy.
It is one thing to grow a couple of vegetable plants for fun. Or to hunt for hogs as a sport or for a little extra meat.
It’s quite another to grow enough vegetabls and other crops to live on between harvests. Or to bring home enough wild game to live on.
And then there is the need to learn the techniques and skills to safely store your food without electrical power, refrigeration, etc.