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All the way back in 2008 I launched this podcast and I wanted a term I could hang my hat on so to say.  I wanted something sane sounding and yet I wanted it to be accurate as to preparedness at the same time.  Within the first few weeks I came up with the concept of “modern survivalism” and hence, “modern survivalist”.  At that time I searched for exact matches of both terms and none came up.  So I anchored down on that phrase.  Today it is everywhere but I really believe TSP is the genesis of that concept.

As happens now if you ask people they have a lots of definitions of the phrase, but as the initial source I want to remind you guys what I meant when I started using it.  Simply put that while we have a ton we can learn from primitive and bush craft techniques that we have no reason to ignore or fail to use modern technology.  This can be some traditional skill set like learning land nav with a map and a compass, but also using GPS tech when available.

However, it goes beyond that, many “doomsday type preppers” are big on going all in on gold and silver and shunning more traditional investments.  The modern survivalist take a far more balanced approach, using stocks for what stocks are good for, silver and gold for what they are good for and real estate for what it is good for.  We do this while shunning consumer debt and yet knowing in some business ventures you are stupid if you don’t leverage debt.  In short we use everything available to us and create redundancy for failures.

When we look at true survivalism, as in continuing to exist and no dying, we can see some real genius in the bush craft survival concept of 5 needs being food, water, shelter, fire and security.  As modern survivalists that don’t go our of our way to be lost in the woods though we modify one of them and add a sixth.  Our new list looks like this….

• Food
• Water
• Shelter
• Energy (fire is only one form of energy)
• Security
• Health and Sanitation (shitting in the woods is easy, dealing with the waste of a family in the burbs is more complicated)

Today we discuss modern survivalism, common sense prepping and evaluation of our six primary needs…

• What is a survivalist
  • survive – continue to exist
  • ist – suffix meaning to specialize in
  • Every human is a survivalist, the question is only how good are they at it
• Modern Survivalism Explained
  • Our Six Primary Needs and How to Think about Them
  • Food
  • Water
  • Shelter
  • Energy (fire is only one form of energy)
  • Security
  • Health and Sanitation
• The components that make them work optimally
  • Money and Economics
  • Time Freedom
  • Lifestyle Freedom
  • Space
  • Personal Discipline
  • Sufficient Motivation
• Final Thought – Who is really crazy?  The person who is prepared or the person who isn’t?

Resources for today’s show…

• Follow Life With Jack on Instagram
• TSP Facebook Group
• Join the Members Brigade
• Join Our Forum
• Walking To Freedom
• TspAz.com
• Love Me Anyway – Pink (featuring Chris Stapleton)

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• Butcher Box
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