There's a big difference between prepping and panicking. I think we have a miscommunication over semantics.
First of all, I will preface this by saying that I don't really intend to compete with anyone or argue one style as better, but these are my opinions for my life. We all have different needs and goals. ...And really, nobody cares, to put it bluntly. So, I'm not saying this to prove myself to anyone. If someone doesn't think I'm "prepper enough"... well... I won't lose any sleep. And I hope the same for anyone reading this.
I am more of a survivalist than a prepper, as RC&D pointed out. I will survive with or without a modern civilization. In my opinion, I'm not really "prepared" if I have all of the caches but can't even butcher my own meat or preserve my foods. When SHTF, the buckets of grain will run out. I still have my buckets of grain, but I also have the skills to replace them. (I don't want to mind you. That's really hard work.)
We just moved and already I know I can survive here because I immediately went to work securing the things we needed in this place. And if I have to move again, I will do it again.
As far as the future, my mindset is this: if you are spending time wallowing in what life may be like, you're wasting the life you have. You may die tomorrow. All you can do is PREPARE but not PANIC. Preparing is considering every scenario you can imagine and getting ready within your personal abilities, time, money, etc. Make it a priority to be ready for whatever comes, but don't let it consume your mind to the point of PANIC.
If you have the skills and ability to survive, you are prepped. Yeah, you'll have to throw in some things like iodine or garden covers or communication, but you can do that as needed.
This is what I mean by saying not to worry about 10 years in the future. I mean the word "worry" in the most true sense. If you're panicking over things, you need to take a step back and get yourself into a place where you know you can survive. That doesn't mean don't consider the future. That means be confident that you have the basics down and then contemplate how you can improve your chances. Literally anything that can happen in 10 years could happen tomorrow, too.
As a reformed chronic worrier, worrying brings nothing. It paralyzes you. Action and planning get you to a point of preparedness. For some reason our society has bundled the two together in meaning yet they are near opposites.
First of all, I will preface this by saying that I don't really intend to compete with anyone or argue one style as better, but these are my opinions for my life. We all have different needs and goals. ...And really, nobody cares, to put it bluntly. So, I'm not saying this to prove myself to anyone. If someone doesn't think I'm "prepper enough"... well... I won't lose any sleep. And I hope the same for anyone reading this.
I am more of a survivalist than a prepper, as RC&D pointed out. I will survive with or without a modern civilization. In my opinion, I'm not really "prepared" if I have all of the caches but can't even butcher my own meat or preserve my foods. When SHTF, the buckets of grain will run out. I still have my buckets of grain, but I also have the skills to replace them. (I don't want to mind you. That's really hard work.)
We just moved and already I know I can survive here because I immediately went to work securing the things we needed in this place. And if I have to move again, I will do it again.
As far as the future, my mindset is this: if you are spending time wallowing in what life may be like, you're wasting the life you have. You may die tomorrow. All you can do is PREPARE but not PANIC. Preparing is considering every scenario you can imagine and getting ready within your personal abilities, time, money, etc. Make it a priority to be ready for whatever comes, but don't let it consume your mind to the point of PANIC.
If you have the skills and ability to survive, you are prepped. Yeah, you'll have to throw in some things like iodine or garden covers or communication, but you can do that as needed.
This is what I mean by saying not to worry about 10 years in the future. I mean the word "worry" in the most true sense. If you're panicking over things, you need to take a step back and get yourself into a place where you know you can survive. That doesn't mean don't consider the future. That means be confident that you have the basics down and then contemplate how you can improve your chances. Literally anything that can happen in 10 years could happen tomorrow, too.
As a reformed chronic worrier, worrying brings nothing. It paralyzes you. Action and planning get you to a point of preparedness. For some reason our society has bundled the two together in meaning yet they are near opposites.