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Often times new folks get "into" survivalism based on a certain scenario they see (or think they see) unfolding in front of them. Thus the onus is to "prepare for" X scenario.
Many times that's ALL the new person focuses on. As obsessive-compulsive type behavior does seem to prevail in preparedness circles, this tends to make some folks very narrowly focused.
Say for example the new person is convinced an economic collapse is coming- He may put 99% of the his efforts into monetary preparations and totally miss having enough food to feed his family in storage, or learn how to grow food or protect against NBC threats.
Unfortunately this narrow focus along with the high potential that this person is "chasing dates", leads heavily to early burnout.
"But Robert, things look bad right now, inflation is at a 40 year high, I mean BIDEN is prez for crying out loud!"
Yes, stuff is bad, no doubts there. But as we have always cautioned, be careful of the folks that set dates or make cries of "the end happens tomorrow!"
I've been preparing 36 years now, actively preparing. I've seen and heard so many BS dates set by some of the same voices still around making BS prophecies. We need to be careful of them and understand 99% of what we hear for "date setting" is utter BS.
That being said, it doesn't take a rocket scientist or an Oracle to look at trends and current situations and make some common sense projections from that. When covid started in early 2020, it was easy to see that the next shoe to drop would be a fair amount of civil unrest. It didn't take a crystal ball to see that, just common frickin sense. But that's not "common" any more.
Times changes and situations ramp up, hence why we should always be flexible with our planning and preparations. For example- look at how many just now are realizing the need for nuclear preps? Did it really take a small land war in Eurasia to figure this out? Maybe the "narrow focus" problem I mentioned above crept in for most folks and they were focusing on JUST an economic collapse and/or the boogaloo type events?
A broad focus when planning and preparing is important. If you think through all these various scenarios, they all have some of the same things in common and therefore the same NEEDS as far as preps go. No matter if the economy collapse, there is a nuclear war, or rabid zombie polar bears from Mars attack- you will need to EAT every day. You will need to protect yourself. You will need to house your family in a safe as possible place. You will need clean water to drink. You will likely need some amount of power - if nothing else to charge batteries for security related items (NV, thermal, seismics, etc.)
With that BROAD FOCUS, you'll find that preparing for more narrow scenarios also becomes easier. If you moved your family away from the cities, your nuclear preparations just got a helluva lot easier. And your county of 6,900 people is less likely to erupt in rioting than Jacksonville, Miami or Atlanta.
What about you? Are you solely or mostly focused on a certain scenario and if so what? Has that changed over time?
Many times that's ALL the new person focuses on. As obsessive-compulsive type behavior does seem to prevail in preparedness circles, this tends to make some folks very narrowly focused.
Say for example the new person is convinced an economic collapse is coming- He may put 99% of the his efforts into monetary preparations and totally miss having enough food to feed his family in storage, or learn how to grow food or protect against NBC threats.
Unfortunately this narrow focus along with the high potential that this person is "chasing dates", leads heavily to early burnout.
"But Robert, things look bad right now, inflation is at a 40 year high, I mean BIDEN is prez for crying out loud!"
Yes, stuff is bad, no doubts there. But as we have always cautioned, be careful of the folks that set dates or make cries of "the end happens tomorrow!"
I've been preparing 36 years now, actively preparing. I've seen and heard so many BS dates set by some of the same voices still around making BS prophecies. We need to be careful of them and understand 99% of what we hear for "date setting" is utter BS.
That being said, it doesn't take a rocket scientist or an Oracle to look at trends and current situations and make some common sense projections from that. When covid started in early 2020, it was easy to see that the next shoe to drop would be a fair amount of civil unrest. It didn't take a crystal ball to see that, just common frickin sense. But that's not "common" any more.
Times changes and situations ramp up, hence why we should always be flexible with our planning and preparations. For example- look at how many just now are realizing the need for nuclear preps? Did it really take a small land war in Eurasia to figure this out? Maybe the "narrow focus" problem I mentioned above crept in for most folks and they were focusing on JUST an economic collapse and/or the boogaloo type events?
A broad focus when planning and preparing is important. If you think through all these various scenarios, they all have some of the same things in common and therefore the same NEEDS as far as preps go. No matter if the economy collapse, there is a nuclear war, or rabid zombie polar bears from Mars attack- you will need to EAT every day. You will need to protect yourself. You will need to house your family in a safe as possible place. You will need clean water to drink. You will likely need some amount of power - if nothing else to charge batteries for security related items (NV, thermal, seismics, etc.)
With that BROAD FOCUS, you'll find that preparing for more narrow scenarios also becomes easier. If you moved your family away from the cities, your nuclear preparations just got a helluva lot easier. And your county of 6,900 people is less likely to erupt in rioting than Jacksonville, Miami or Atlanta.
What about you? Are you solely or mostly focused on a certain scenario and if so what? Has that changed over time?
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