When most people think of “Preppers,” they think of guys that live alone in the woods hoarding resources. I think of a grizzled and paranoid mountain man too! But I’m also a realist who has lived through natural disasters, recessions and a rapidly changing world. I no longer think that prepping is just for the paranoid.
There’s also a growing number of “liberal” preppers popping up in response to gestures broadly EVERYTHING. When I’m in the right mind space, I enjoy browsing the TwoXPreppers sub on Reddit for advice on prepping for women’s specific needs. Fair warning: it can get dark, so only browse when you’re mentally sound.
Prepping, for me, was synonymous with hoarding, but I’ve come to see it as more than physical resources. It’s also learning, passing that knowledge on and sharing resources.
I told you at the beginning of the summer that I’d be tracking my garden harvest to see if I save money. But as the summer has rolled on, I’ve seen more reasons beyond just money-saving to grow your own food. (Enter: parasitic diarrhea?! What is this timeline we are living in?!)
And yes, it’s all connected. I know this and you know this. Our food supply is becoming more unstable with budget cuts and a dangerous food supply is a more expensive food supply.
The prepping community has a saying: Prep for Tuesday, not Doomsday. And what this means is that you want to prep for everyday disasters like job loss, car breakdowns, a storm, an accident, etc. Doomsday might not happen, but Tuesday definitely will.
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