The Hidden Benefits of Prepping & the Preparedness Lifestyle

To the average person, prepping is no more than a collection of wack jobs preparing for the end of the world. This perception is because of the MSM pushing the narrative and highlighting extreme cases and people’s hesitation to take a serious look at anything that might affect their daily lives. Another reason people are apprehensive about preparing for disasters or unforeseen events is that people are reactionary and have very short memories. The recent pandemic has proven how true this is. You remember the great toilet paper shortage of 2020 right? People failed to prepare beforehand and rushed out and emptied the store shelves of anything they could wipe their butts with. A few months later, the panic has subsided, and people are back to their everyday daily lives. We saw the same thing happen during Y2K. People rushed out to buy generators only to sell them a couple of months later. There is no need to prepare for situations that may or may not happen to the average person. We get labeled crazy for talking about an economic collapse and having some food storage, but it’s perfectly acceptable to say climate change will kill us all in 20 years and to wear a mask while you’re alone in your car. The Preparedness Lifestyle From the outside looking in, prepping is about nuclear bombs and large-scale disasters. But anyone doing this for a while knows that is only one piece to a giant puzzle. Disaster preparedness is about preparing for anything life may throw at us, regardless of the scale. The big disasters get the headlines, but personal doomsdays happen all the time. No matter how far to go with preparedness, it needs to be a lifestyle and not a fad or stage you go through. I’m sure you’ve heard it a million times, but prepping is no different than having insurance. If you let that insurance lapse, you are taking a considerable risk. Living the preparedness lifestyle has more benefits than most people realize. If something happens tomorrow, we’ll be ready for it, and if nothing happens during our lifetime, that doesn’t mean prepping was a waste of time. Prepping Life Skills Living the preparedness lifestyle has more benefits than most people realize. If something happens tomorrow, we’ll be ready for it, and if nothing happens during our lifetime, that doesn’t mean prepping was a waste of time. Prepping Mindset You start to think about every situation through a prepping lens. The way we think about problems is different than before we knew about operational security and situational awareness. Everything from the conversations we have with people to what we do daily is different because of preparedness. An example I used in the video was how I used to walk through a grocery store parking lot without a care in the world. Now I constantly scan my surroundings. Looking for alternative routes while driving, having realistic expectations about people in a crisis, and handling our finances and health are all examples of how preparedness changes your outlook.    Personal Doomsdays It’s not always about large-scale disaster scenarios.