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Mind Prepping (How To Begin Prepping Part 3)

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Mind Prepping

I was a psychology major in college.  I wanted to be a profiler for the FBI.  Special agent Hess.  That is what I wanted to be.  The late 90’s and early 2000’s seemed to be the golden age of law enforcement shows like CSI, NCIS (at the time of this writing, both of these shows or their spin-offs are STILL making new shows) and so many others.  It had a big impact on me.

I understood…

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Prepper Videos of the week: 4/8/17

Prepper Videos of the week: 4/8/17 by @BudgetBugout, @Preparedmind101, @livingsurvival

Apocalypse Survival in Your Pocket by BudgetBugout

PreparedMind101 Favorite Knives 2017 by PreparedMind101

M38 Bushcraft Knife Review by Living Survival

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Just For Fun: Dissecting Cattails With My Wife

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What is the Best Bug Out Bag? You can't buy it. Here's why.

What is the Best Bug Out Bag? You can’t buy it. Here’s why.

What is the Best Bug Out Bag?

That is a great question.  It would be awesome if it was an easy question to answer like “What is 2 + 2?”.  But the problem is, the “best” bug out bag for me is probably not the best bug out bag for you. There are simply too many variables for me to say in a blog post “____ is the best bug out bag for you.”  THAT’S why you can’t buy it.  There is entirely too much to…

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Threats To My Survival (How to Begin Prepping Part 2)

Threats To My Survival (How to Begin Prepping Part 2)

Threats to My Survival

“What are the threats to my survival?”  “How fast are they coming?” “What can I do to prepare?”  These just some of the questions we ask ourselves when we begin prepping. They are normal.  I hope to help you address them in the following post by helping you identify both natural and man-made disasters that…

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Living Through a Terrifying Earthquake and the Five Survival and Life Lessons I learned

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Living Through a Terrifying Earthquake and the Five Survival and Life lessons I learned

They say that the best lessons are learned the hard way.  I tend to agree.  But the lessons I learned September 3rd, 2000 at 1:36 am will be seared into my memory forever.

When I was 10 years old, we moved to Napa, California from Washington state. My family went from Rainville USA to a state known for…

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Prepper videos of the week: 4/1/17

Prepper videos of the week: 4/1/17 by @gotpreps, @cityprepping, @arkansasprepper #Outdoors #Preppers #Camping

Penny Stove by @GotPreps (The Urban Prepper)

The Three Rules to Become a Gray Man by City Prepping

Off-Grid Hand Tools by Arkansas Prepper

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101 Household Items For Your Bug Out Bag

101 Household Items For Your Bug Out Bag

101 Household Items For Your Bug Out Bag

Below is a list of household items for your bug out bag, most of which you probably already have.  Obviously not all of this will fit, and there are better items specially made for bugging out. This is just a list to help you brainstorm and fill in the gaps.

In the order in which I found them around the house…or thought them up…(does it really matter?)

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How to Begin Prepping

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How To Begin Prepping

How to begin prepping?  THAT is the question…

In the military (not that I ever had the honor of serving) there is something called a “SitRep”.  It is short for “Situation Report”.  It is something people say so that they can better be aware of their current conditions and their surrounding circumstances.  One…

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