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Episode-548- Help – I am Overwhelmed and/or Stuck

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I get a lot of emails that are in one form or another a version of today’s show title.  They go one of two main ways 1.  Jack, We are new to this and are having trouble getting started.  This is all so overwhelming we want to store food, learn to use firearms, plant a garden………………………..but just can’t seem to prioritize where to start. or 2.  Jack, We have at this a long time, we have food stored, a garden going, evac plans, taken some training, etc.  But we know we are still not really prepared for anything more than … Continue reading →

Episode-251- Prepper Mentality vs. Self Sufficient Mentality

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I have a simple question for you in today’s very brief show notes, are you mostly a prepper in mind set or are you more concerned with self sufficiency and simply see being a prepper as a part of becoming more independent? The answer is neither right nor wrong it only matters to you. My question today is are you preparing in case you have to deal without systems of support if you have to or do you wish to minimize your need for those very systems even if they remain available? My goal today is not to tell you … Continue reading →

Episode-47- Why We Prepare – The Lesson of the Grasshopper and the Ant

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Today we discuss why survivalists are “preparing” in the first place.  Starting out with an old fable we tell the original version of The Lesson of the Grasshopper and the Ant and move on to seven threats and how the prepping for them all is quite similar. Tune in today to hear… How we have changed the classic tale of the Ant and the Grasshopper and how it has impacted America The real threat of depression or recession The reality of a true eventual economic collapse The impact of “climate change” independent of man’s part in it The fact that … Continue reading →