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Hi Robert. Nice to meet you. Back when I lost everything, I was still very much single. I moved with an aunt and uncle across the country (I live in New England). As I only had a sleeping bag, tent and lifestraw lol, I didnt have any actual prep that was useful. I skipped a whole chunk of time when I was giving my run down so Ill add some details. While living with family in California I learned how to safetly use firearms. My uncle was a shooting instructor. I was in California when Fukishima happened and remember everyone on the west coast buying Potassium Iodide. That was another thing that made me aware of how fragile comfy life really is. My family out there isnt into prepping but that instruction on firearms was very helpful.  A year later I moved back to New England, and thats where I started getting my shit back together. A few years later I was still living in apartments but was now working in a food pantry. Prior I worked in restaurants, but this new job exposed me to a very high level of food wharehouse organization and taught me how to cook anything using anything. Those skills also have become invaluable. Eventually I met my now partner, we bought our house, and have moved into the next levels of prepping or as we like to say “recession-proofing our lives”.  In my time here, I have learned how to operate many types of firearms, how to shoot with bow & arrow and a slingshot, basic gardening, using a compass, basic fishing, preserving food with canning, dehydrating, drying, fermentation, and salting, Homebrewing beer and mead, growing herbs and plants of all types legal in my home state, and basic first-aid. We have gathered what I called level 1 preps so batteries, a generator, outdoor cooking, and alternate heat sources. Prior to Covid I started jacking up our food pantry and am actively working out our tracking system for food so we have balanced nutrition and the right amount of calories. One cant live on instant oatmeal and dehydrated Mac and Cheese for very long. Ive researched shelf stable fats, and even done some work in collecting medicines for a real SHTF situation. We installed several basement grow tents and I grow herbs year round. they are also great for seedlings.   Now we are moving into a deeper level of self-sustainability. Our garden is expanding. A green house is being built. He is wanting to raise chickens. I want to raise bees. We got our hunting licenses and we are doing our best to self-educate. I have recently added fly-fishing, knot-tying, and we are beginning to think about solar and collecting water. For two people who grew up in Local Big City, this is new and a lot of fun. I still feel like a beginner. Its like “boy scouts” for grown ups.  I have tried to gently get friends involved. Covid was an eyeopener for a few. At least they are keeping a few weeks worth of groceries on hand. Unfortunately, a few folks flat out told me they were “just going to show up at my house” if things went bad. My partner and I had to figure out how far outside our circle we would assist and came to an agreement on turning away everyone else. In this regard, I keep my prepping off social media and what I do share I present more as a “hey look at me doing country things”. Whatever we all might personally think about covid, it was certainly at the very least a test-run for how things might get some day. We dont have kids, but I am now an aunt. Im excited to show my nephew things as he grows up. I am very uneasy with the state of our country. Ill leave this post on that note. Overall I feel a lot better knowing I have skills. We are also thinking very long term. We feel we are still uncomfortable close to Local Big City, even though we are rural. We have plans to buy a large piece of property way up north and take what we learn here, and apply it there. I also hope to make it available for family especially younger family, who may take up an interest in self-sustainability. Another thing we did together as a team was we got our finances in order. Lately I have been seeing financial order as being mentioned in the prepper community. Without being stable and having safety nets, no amount of food or guns is going to matter. Get out from under the weight of debt and breathe free! Its part of being responsible for ourselves.

Reply to: What triggered you to prep? Posted July 9, 2021

I first started thinking about prepping around 2008. I wasn’t yet aware of or effected by the recession, but I was getting ready to move into my first apartment without roommates and for some reason I became hyper aware of how fragile that situation was. At that point I had only started to think of being prepared so I purchased a tent, sleeping bag, and lifestraw. When I lost my job and then my apartment in 2011 that became the traumatic event that triggered my next wave of prepping. It wasn’t very healthy at first. I was fearful, depressed and anxious and was obsessed with the apocalyptic mentality of prepping. But over the next few years as I put my life back together and invested in therapy I was able to go from wanting to run away to the woods to seeing a balanced way of creating a more self-sustainable lifestyle. I found an awesome man, we bought a house and together we are teaching ourselves gardening, fishing, hunting etc. His military background has been good for the self-defense angle, while my  background in kitchens has been vital for organizing food and nutritional details. The pandemic really brought us together as a team. Our newest projects are building a greenhouse, learning more outdoor cooking skills, practicing with slingshots, and taking up fly-fishing. It just feels good to gain skills. In public I say I’m on a quest to become the perfect redneck. haha. 

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Reply to: What triggered you to prep? Posted July 9, 2021

Hi Robert. Nice to meet you. Back when I lost everything, I was still very much single. I moved with an aunt and uncle across the country (I live in New England). As I only had a sleeping bag, tent and lifestraw lol, I didnt have any actual prep that was useful. I skipped a whole chunk of time when I was giving my run down so Ill add some details. While living with family in California I learned how to safetly use firearms. My uncle was a shooting instructor. I was in California when Fukishima happened and remember everyone on the west coast buying Potassium Iodide. That was another thing that made me aware of how fragile comfy life really is. My family out there isnt into prepping but that instruction on firearms was very helpful.  A year later I moved back to New England, and thats where I started getting my shit back together. A few years later I was still living in apartments but was now working in a food pantry. Prior I worked in restaurants, but this new job exposed me to a very high level of food wharehouse organization and taught me how to cook anything using anything. Those skills also have become invaluable. Eventually I met my now partner, we bought our house, and have moved into the next levels of prepping or as we like to say “recession-proofing our lives”.  In my time here, I have learned how to operate many types of firearms, how to shoot with bow & arrow and a slingshot, basic gardening, using a compass, basic fishing, preserving food with canning, dehydrating, drying, fermentation, and salting, Homebrewing beer and mead, growing herbs and plants of all types legal in my home state, and basic first-aid. We have gathered what I called level 1 preps so batteries, a generator, outdoor cooking, and alternate heat sources. Prior to Covid I started jacking up our food pantry and am actively working out our tracking system for food so we have balanced nutrition and the right amount of calories. One cant live on instant oatmeal and dehydrated Mac and Cheese for very long. Ive researched shelf stable fats, and even done some work in collecting medicines for a real SHTF situation. We installed several basement grow tents and I grow herbs year round. they are also great for seedlings.   Now we are moving into a deeper level of self-sustainability. Our garden is expanding. A green house is being built. He is wanting to raise chickens. I want to raise bees. We got our hunting licenses and we are doing our best to self-educate. I have recently added fly-fishing, knot-tying, and we are beginning to think about solar and collecting water. For two people who grew up in Local Big City, this is new and a lot of fun. I still feel like a beginner. Its like “boy scouts” for grown ups.  I have tried to gently get friends involved. Covid was an eyeopener for a few. At least they are keeping a few weeks worth of groceries on hand. Unfortunately, a few folks flat out told me they were “just going to show up at my house” if things went bad. My partner and I had to figure out how far outside our circle we would assist and came to an agreement on turning away everyone else. In this regard, I keep my prepping off social media and what I do share I present more as a “hey look at me doing country things”. Whatever we all might personally think about covid, it was certainly at the very least a test-run for how things might get some day. We dont have kids, but I am now an aunt. Im excited to show my nephew things as he grows up. I am very uneasy with the state of our country. Ill leave this post on that note. Overall I feel a lot better knowing I have skills. We are also thinking very long term. We feel we are still uncomfortable close to Local Big City, even though we are rural. We have plans to buy a large piece of property way up north and take what we learn here, and apply it there. I also hope to make it available for family especially younger family, who may take up an interest in self-sustainability. Another thing we did together as a team was we got our finances in order. Lately I have been seeing financial order as being mentioned in the prepper community. Without being stable and having safety nets, no amount of food or guns is going to matter. Get out from under the weight of debt and breathe free! Its part of being responsible for ourselves.

Reply to: What triggered you to prep? Posted July 9, 2021

I first started thinking about prepping around 2008. I wasn’t yet aware of or effected by the recession, but I was getting ready to move into my first apartment without roommates and for some reason I became hyper aware of how fragile that situation was. At that point I had only started to think of being prepared so I purchased a tent, sleeping bag, and lifestraw. When I lost my job and then my apartment in 2011 that became the traumatic event that triggered my next wave of prepping. It wasn’t very healthy at first. I was fearful, depressed and anxious and was obsessed with the apocalyptic mentality of prepping. But over the next few years as I put my life back together and invested in therapy I was able to go from wanting to run away to the woods to seeing a balanced way of creating a more self-sustainable lifestyle. I found an awesome man, we bought a house and together we are teaching ourselves gardening, fishing, hunting etc. His military background has been good for the self-defense angle, while my  background in kitchens has been vital for organizing food and nutritional details. The pandemic really brought us together as a team. Our newest projects are building a greenhouse, learning more outdoor cooking skills, practicing with slingshots, and taking up fly-fishing. It just feels good to gain skills. In public I say I’m on a quest to become the perfect redneck. haha.