Yes. I'll move my car from in front of my place. No light will be seen coming from my place as I have black out blinds that go up quickly. No smell of food will come out of my house. I have a solar panel hooked to recharger and rechargeable batteries for power so there won't be noise from a generator since I don't have one and won't need it.
Someone on here is recommending a motion detector for long range notification of movement. I have a battery motion detector alarm for my back small garden and front window has vibration detector to go off if the window is touched enough to cause vibration and front door is hardened against being kicked open, and has battery operated motion detector under the door in case it moves even a tiny bit. I have “defensive” weapons to use in case any sensor sounds.
Everything I have causes no sound except for the motion and vibration detectors and defensive weapons.
If I have to be seen, my hair won't be combed and I have old lady type clothes bought for that reason that will be wrinkled and I'll dirty my hands so I won't look freshly washed.
I look at this like playing a part in a movie. I'll be playing an old lady with nothing and whatever it takes to play that part, I have it.
I have one fixation - every time I go to the grocery, I pick up a package of dried multi-bean soup mix and a box of instant rice. I have a fast way to cook dried beans and instant rice will cook with the beans. Those two items are so cheap and available, and would provide a lot of good tasting soup and be a complete protein with the added rice, that I just keep picking those up.
An extended family member who lives 5 hours away, knows I'm a prepper and he says prepping is a good thing to do but it costs a lot of money. So, he has nothing. All he has thought about is having many pounds of dried beans sealed in a trash can. He hasn't thought about how one would provide water and heat to cook those beans which would taste flat without any seasoning if he managed some way to cook them.
Prepping first requires a plan so one doesn't freak out at the thought of the magnitude of it. Then, action has to be taken to begin that plan and follow it until the plan is complete. Everyone’s plan will be different as needs are different from person to person. Shelter, water, food, power, protection, medical needs, sanitation, are basic needs but each of those needs are large within its category when you begin to prep for each one.
A person will never prep until he/she actually starts doing it. Thinking won't buy a bag of dry bean soup mix and a box of instant rice, but picking it up at the store will.
1. I am so screwed.
You are so right.
What people don’t realize is how quickly preps can be accumulated, even if you are just picking up one or two extras every time you hit the store.
With food prices continuing to climb, I look at it this way - there is no excuse for throwing away spoiled food, which is just money wasted. If you can afford to throw away food, you can afford to prep - you just have to shop smarter.