Episode-56- TSP Rewind- Episode-534- Prep? Save Money? Or Enjoy Life?
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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes.
Today’s episode was originally, Episode-534- Prep? Save Money? Or Enjoy Life? and was first published on Oct. 19, 2010.
The following are the original show notes from that episode.
A question I get often is some variation of the following….
- When do I stop prepping for a while and simply save some of our money?
- When have I invested enough into prepping and should just start blowing some money once in a while?
- How do I stay positive in the face of all the problems headed our way?
In essence these folks are asking at the core of things….
- Is there hope in spite of the danger?
- Is it okay to just have fun in spite of what might be coming?
- Is there a such things as a “maintenance mode” as a prepper?
The nice thing is the answer to those last three questions are yes, yes and yes.
Join Me Today as We Discuss…
- A quick refresher on commonality and probability
- Exactly what is “money” anyway, why do we have it
- What is life all about, what are we surviving for?
- Setting your personal goals, the big ones
- Time to debt freedom
- Time forward in self reliance
- Percentage of self sufficiency
- Where you will go if you have to leave
- How you want your daily life to be
- What you need for basic comfort
- What you need to be truly happy
- What level of physical security do you desire
- What level of financial security do you desire
- How much redundancy do you want
- The reasons most people won’t ask these questions
- They require you to be 100% responsible for yourself
- The answers are subject to your self imposed limitations
- We have been conditioned to think focusing on what we want is selfish
- The resulting answers require massive action
- We all have a desire to “fit in” on some level, even me
- Your plan is going to require sacrifice for some period of time
- Why you can make it happen
- In the end you make the decisions
- You have the courage to ask the questions
- It ain’t as hard as “they” make it out to be
- We don’t have to prepared for “the end” just change
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