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Think, Learn, Plan, Test, repeat…

This is called the exercise cycle and it is vital to creating workable plans that people use.  Every time you practice a plan you learn it’s weaknesses.  Fix those weak points and retrain and retest.  Eventually you will be so skilled and so prepared that it is second nature.

A side benefit of this cycle is that it trains the brain for action and sets in shortcuts and paths.  If you practice long and hard enough eventually when the problem strikes your brain will think it is a test and stay much calmer.

The exercise cycle is a vital part of emergency management and it should be a vital part of personal preparedness.  By running the cycle you learn without the cost of failure during disaster.

Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace

These precepts are my creed, and having prepper precepts guides me when I face tough choices.  A wise man once told me that when facing a moral problem, the right choice is usually the action you don’t want to take.

I am not a pollyanna person that is wishy washy or blindly follows rules, heck I have a little rebellious streak and love to know the WHY of rules, but I do respect and understand the need for law and know how vital it is for a society to have a moral code.

By knowing what I believe in you can know how I will act. This is very important in times of stress.  If you don’t want to read these precepts one by one, the completed list can be found here: Completed 27 Prepper Precepts.

My adherence to this prepper precept causes fights at my house.  It is Don’t waste. Be frugal, learn to make do, or you may have to do without.

You can’t always run to the store for parts and new stuff – learn to make do with the old.  By being frugal and eliminating as much waste as possible you will become a better steward of your resources and will not only need much less, but you will save more.  Turn it into a game and it will be much easier.

You will be surprised on how much you actually need once you learn and practice frugality.

Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace

These precepts are my creed, and having prepper precepts guides me when I face tough choices.  A wise man once told me that when facing a moral problem, the right choice is usually the action you don’t want to take.

I am not a pollyanna person that is wishy washy or blindly follows rules, heck I have a little rebellious streak and love to know the WHY of rules, but I do respect and understand the need for law and know how vital it is for a society to have a moral code.

By knowing what I believe in you can know how I will act. This is very important in times of stress.  If you don’t want to read these precepts one by one, the completed list can be found here: Completed 27 Prepper Precepts.

You have to practice your plan, thinking is not the same as talking, and talking is not the same as doing.

Practice helps you find gaps, practice makes perfect, practice is much better than talking and never doing.  In this world actions are much more powerful than words.  Don’t talk about your plans for preparedness talk about what you did.  Get out and get it done.

This prepper precept has payback.  I promise you that the more you do the better you will become at doing.  Be a doer and not a talker – your life will be richer and so will your wallet.

Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace

These precepts are my creed, and having prepper precepts guides me when I face tough choices.  A wise man once told me that when facing a moral problem, the right choice is usually the action you don’t want to take.

I am not a pollyanna person that is wishy washy or blindly follows rules, heck I have a little rebellious streak and love to know the WHY of rules, but I do respect and understand the need for law and know how vital it is for a society to have a moral code.

By knowing what I believe in you can know how I will act. This is very important in times of stress.  If you don’t want to read east prepper precept individually, the completed list can be found here: Completed 27 Prepper Precepts.

This prepper precept is common sense.  It’s better to be home, rather than be a refugee in a shelter, but if you have to leave, you might not have time to pack a bag – have a Plan A and Plan B, C, and D

Plans fail, that is why we have emergencies and disasters.  Things don’t always go as planned.  That does not mean you should not have a plan because the very act of planning has value in itself – it helps identify problems, solutions, pitfalls, and resources.

But having a single plan is not enough.  Have backups and options.  You will thank yourself for it later.

Have Options, Rather Than Be a Refugee in a Shelter

Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace

These precepts are my creed, and having prepper precepts guides me when I face tough choices.  A wise man once told me that when facing a moral problem, the right choice is usually the action you don’t want to take.

I am not a pollyanna person that is wishy washy or blindly follows rules, heck I have a little rebellious streak and love to know the WHY of rules, but I do respect and understand the need for law and know how vital it is for a society to have a moral code.

By knowing my beliefs in you can know how I will act. This is very important in times of stress.  If you don’t want to read these each prepper precept individually, the completed list can be found here: Completed 27 Prepper Precepts.