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Teddy what did you do doomsday SHTF why be a prepper hi it's
AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper I've been thinking about what it means to be a prepper and to be
self-reliant someone left me a comment that'son my AlaskaGranny youtube channel that has been
bothering me that I keep thinking about it I looked back to see if I could find the comment
again I couldn't so I can tell you about it but I can't read the comment to you exactly as it was
stated the comment basically said people with crowds with guns are going to come and try to
take all your food away and what are you going to do then and I thought that is probably the
least likely scenario that I've planned to stock up and be a prepper that's not why I'm a prepper
because I want to have this huge stockpile because in some disaster end of the world
apocalypse type situation I have my big bunker full of food supplies that I have to defend from
other people that's probably the least likely scenario that I ever worry about in my life
why am I a prepper and I think why most of us are preppers is to be self-reliant to be
able to take care of ourselves we want to be able to face the day-to-day challenges
the personal challenges what am I going to make for dinner how am I going to stretch the food till
the end of the month what if I run out of money before I run out of month I still need to be able
to provide food what if I have an unexpected bill or the car breaks down or someone in the family is
sick we are all going to have personal challenges we need to be prepared to take care of ourselves
no matter what sometimes it's all completely up to you are you willing to do what it takes
so that you personally can take care of yourself and those who count on you not because you want
to protect your big old stockpile from a band of roving people with guns that are
coming to take everything you have you want to provide for yourself if the power goes out
can you still keep your family warm prepare the food that you need provide a little bit of light
what if your water stops running can you still wash your hands rinse a dish make a meal prepping
is about making your life easier you have less stress and less worries if you are a prepper have
thought about the challenges that are likely to come to all of us at some time in our lives
prepping allows us to be creative to figure out how to use what we have to make what we
need prepping means the more ways you know how to use the things you have the more things you
actually have besides the personal challenges of prepping there are always the natural disasters
that occur because we live on earth there are earthquakes tornadoes volcanoes hurricanes
tsunamis forest fires winter snow storms what do they call those things in the desert a haboob
I was in Arizona one time and they had a haboob which is a huge dust storm
where this huge tall wall of sand came at you there are prepping challenges from world
events we have political unrest we might have wars break out economic downturn and we have
all kinds of craziness covid 19 coronavirus pandemic surge second wave that we're having
there are challenges from crop losses weather patterns we just don't know what can happen in the
entire world which I think is something that we've all become more aware of since this coronavirus
covid 19 pandemic surge second wave we suddenly realize there are events that can actually
affect the whole world globally all of us in just a matter of a few days or weeks but that doesn't
mean you can't keep yourself safe that you can't be prepared to face the challenges you need to
provide the food supplies you have as lifestyle insurance prepping is lifestyle insurance
there are always going to be challenges that all of us need to face being a prepper keeps
you safe when things go awry and people are rushing out to the store to fight over the last
can of beans or roll of toilet paper you know you have those things food supplies you can stay
safely in your home shelter in place take care of your family with the supplies that you have
if you need to evacuate you can grab your bug out bag and any extra supplies that you've decided
you would need to take if you had the chance you probably have a plan where you could go and how
you're going to get there none of us like the idea of having to bug out and we need to remember that
most of the time when we evacuate we're leaving temporarily because there's a hurricane maybe
there's a tornado maybe there's a forest fire or a flood bugging out some people think means
I grab my bug out bag I go live in the woods for the rest of my life and that's not what
most of us will ever face in our lives as preppers maybe you'll be lost camping then you'll have to
actually know how to survive with the skills that you thought about with your bug out bag
most of us if we have to leave our home it's temporary we're not going away for the rest of our
lives we're going away temporarily until it's safe to return think about the reasons you're a prepper
what are the challenges that you're most likely to face and prepare for those eventualities if you do
find yourself in doomsday SHTF circumstance where a huge crowd of people with guns is coming to your
home looking for food there's nothing that I own that my life is willing to die over because you
can always get more things but you can't get another day at life you can't get another day
to love those that you do don't risk your life over things if everybody is coming because
I'm the only one with food left it might be a good idea to open the door light up the barbecue and
start preparing some big pots of beans to share and make these my new neighbors my new friends
because that's what survival is about figuring out how to cope with the crazy situations that we find
ourselves in there are so many small challenges that we're likely to face on a day-to-day basis
and probably some big ones that could be very uncomfortable but we can get through it
if you remind yourself of the small challenges you face it helps you realize you're stronger
and smarter and better prepared than you think you are the challenges you faced before have given you
creative ideas strengths that you can do even more when the next challenge comes along
so don't be a prepper out of fear doomsday shtf be a prepper because you want to be self-reliant you
want to take care of yourself you want to reduce your stress and your worry and you want to love
those that you care about and make sure that they're taken care of too if you enjoyed my video
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