Be flexible. Things can be used outside of their intended usage. Things change. You should be able to think outside the box once you understand the reasons for the box. This is a skill that has to be practiced – you need to learn to break things down into component parts and possible uses. […]
Tag: prepper precepts
Prepper Precepts #2 Don’t Look Forward to Disaster
I don’t want the manure to strike the air oscillation device. Hopefully, I won’t ever be told that I was right about prepping. I want my food storage to hit its shelf life unopened. But I feel better knowing I have food insurance. Don’t look forward to disaster you just might end up getting […]
PRN Episode #41 27 Prepper Precepts
One of the things I hold most dear is my moral compass, my morals may not line up perfectly with “traditional” morals – and I know they don’t line up with modern “morals” – but as Heinlein said “I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I […]
Prepper Precepts #27 Think, Learn, Plan, Test, Repeat…
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. […]
Prepper Precepts #26 Don’t Waste. Be Frugal, Learn to Make Do, or You May Have to do Without
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 […]