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New Year Post
As the New Year has finally overcome us, it is a good time to reflect on the past that we will never be able to recover and the future that is ours to win or lose.
I sit here pondering what I did and did not do last year I am overcome with recrimination between my two minds about the things I failed to do, and great satisfaction over some of the things that I did do.
So, instead of patting myself on the back for the good I did while eagerly trying to forget what I failed to do, I’ll ponder the lessons learned.
No. I will not make a list of New Year Resolutions that I will quickly break. I will instead look at my failures and identify those that I want to be successes.
I will,
List them individually
Identify what I did or did not do to cause my personal failure
Identify what I can do to accomplish the individual goal
And set a plan of action in motion to accomplish those goals
“The best way to predict your future is to create it. – Abraham Lincoln”
If you’re a human being, and I am hoping that you are, it’s quite possible that you have also failed at something last year, if it’s a lack of Emergency Action Planning, now is a good time to get started to prepare for the Emergencies and Disasters that will come at some time in the coming year.
A good place to start is the FEMA Are You Ready Guide that can be found here;
https://www.ready.gov/are-you-ready-guide
If you have already started your planning, what have you forgotten?
The current issue of OFFGRID has a well thought out list of the ten most neglected (But Essential) Preps by Richard Duarte.
List of the 10 most neglected (But Essential) Preps;
Prep #1: Developing/Testing a Survival Plan
Prep #2: Realistic Security/Self-Defense
Prep #3: Medical/Health Supplies
Prep #4: Physical Fitness
Prep #5: Sanitation and Hygiene
Prep #6: Life-Saving Knowledge and Skills
Prep# 7: Getting and Staying Organized
Prep# 8: Real-World Evacuations
Prep# 9: Multipurpose Survival Products/Supplies
Prep #10: Spare Parts, Tools, Manuals, and Reference Materials
It can be found at your local Book/Magazine retailer. Or you can find it here;
https://offgridweb.com/preparation/the-10-most-neglected-but-essential-preps/
Please review what you have or have not done to secure the health, welfare and safety of yourself, your family and loved ones.
Make a plan of action, follow through with it and accomplish your planning goals before it is too late.