Prepping goals 2021 10 prepping areas goals to set how to get started prepping hi it's
AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper 2020 certainly was a long grueling year and 2021 has already started
off with a lot of drama and uncertain future so it's a great time to set your goals for 2021.
it's always a great time at the beginning of a year to set some new goals goals need to
be personal they need to be meaningful and they need to be measurable and achievable I wanted to
share with you top 10 ideas of areas where you might want to set your personal prepping goals
the first one is food storage do you have enough food on hand for three months
do you have some long-term food storage if you don't have a bountiful amount of food
looking back over what's happened in the last year it might be a great idea to set
a goal to bulk up on your food storage fill your pantry learn how to use the foods that can live in
your pantry and make sure that you're stocking up on long-term foods that can last for 30 years this
isn't saying have a 30-year supply of food it's saying if you have extra food around that could be
in your pantry or your food storage closet for 30 years then you don't have to worry in an emergency
or if something long-term emergency happens some situation happens that changes your world
even if it doesn't change the whole world bad things happen to everyone so being prepared to
take care of yourself and your family just makes sense make sure that you're storing water and
if you don't know how to purify water or have a water filtration system make it a priority a goal
to learn to purify water to have the gear that you need get a simple water filtration system get some
supplies to filter and purify water anything from as simple as bleach to some aqua tabs
or some little tablets or drops that you can put into water to purify it you can live a long time
without food but you can't live very long without clean drinking water make having a stockpile of
clean drinking water and a way to purify more a goal that you're going to achieve this year
the pandemic showed us that we needed to worry about having enough cleaning supplies
if you've run out of things that you like to use or there are new supplies that you
wish you'd had but you couldn't find check the stores now get a little at a time stock
up on the cleaners that you need i know I've gone to the store and I've looked and dishwashing soap
and laundry detergent just don't seem to be readily available make sure that you have
the cleaning supplies that you count on having and have some backups so that you have a ready
supply should there be more shortages going forward the same with your hygiene supplies
what do you use from morning till night everything from toothpaste to shampoo to lotion all of the
products that you count on having make sure that you have enough and some backups in your stockpile
you don't want to run out of shampoo you can't get to the store or the store doesn't have any more
have you ever had those kind of emergencies with planning you can make sure that you smooth
the way so that you don't have those kind of days whether the world is in a pandemic
or not you make your own emergencies when you don't provide the things that you need
do you have ample first aid supplies go through your supplies take an inventory see if there's
things that you've used up or you wish you had more of this is the time to set the goals
what are the things that you want what do you want to learn about first aid and
how can you go about making sure that you learn those skills and have those supplies
your next goal should be how will you deal with a power outage do you have a way to provide
heat if it's still winter do you have emergency lights do you have a way to prepare your food
look over the supplies that you have the plans that you've made see if you've used up your things
or if you have gaps in what you need even if you thought about right now if the power went off
right this minute and didn't come back on for two days do you have a way to deal with those things
could you have the things you need you might want everything from candles to oil lamps batteries
wind-up radios you might even want some solar lights especially if you live in a place where
you can get a lot of sun there are a lot of choices there's a lot of different options
you need to decide what works for you and those are the supplies that you should stock up on
then you need to think about the reality of an SHTF situation we think we're stranded in
our homes with this pandemic quarantine the stay-at-home orders but there are still many
reasons why you may not be allowed to stay in your home if for example there's a tornado a hurricane
an earthquake a wildfire there are all kinds of reasons that you might have to evacuate or that
your home is damaged or destroyed have a bug out bag have a 72 hour kit have some get home supplies
in your vehicle make a plan so you know where could you go how would you get there how long
could you stay there and what will you do once you get there to provide the things that you need
think about your personal protection what kind of choices you want to make for yourself and your
family how can you harden your home make it safer so that you're more secure in the surroundings
that you have then you also want to think about spring and summer will be coming can you provide
some of the food that you need can you think about starting a garden can you order some seeds get a
few tools make a plan for what you could do for where you live it's all specific to the area that
you live even if you're in an apartment you might be able to have a window box or a pot on a balcony
everything from a flower bed in your yard can be converted to grow a few vegetables to maybe you
have a nice garden plot in your property there are a lot of ways that you can make this work for you
back in the day of world war ii they had the victory gardens people needed to provide for
themselves we can have a victory garden too a victory to provide for our own
family to be successful and to thrive rather than just survive do the best you can setting goals
that meet your needs your family's desires and that keep you safe with the things that you need
it's very personal the goals that we set make them meaningful make them achievable and then
work towards checking them off so that you'll have what you need no matter what 2021 brings
because who knows who knows we just don't know so be ready for anything if you liked my video I hope
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