Our Rational Minds Tell Us To Prepare
Do you have a “normalcy bias”? Of course you do! We all do.
We want everything to stay the same. We want to go on working our jobs, raising our families, watching the our favorite football team win, and taking a vacation now and then.
But believing that things will never change is a form of delusion that is totally irrational; however, psychologists say it is necessary for our survival. Our brains won’t actually let us believe that a disaster can happen — not to us!
That’s when our rational minds need to take over!
Since we all read and watch TV, we know what is going on around us. But do we believe it and take action? Or do we let that “normalcy bias” rule us and refuse to believe what’s right in front of us.
My husband always says, “Let’s pay attention to what’s going on around us and see how we can keep it from coming through our door?”
We don’t get warnings for all crises like earthquakes, floods, or home fires. But we would be foolish to ignore warnings that do come our way, like tornadoes, hurricanes, or the financial conditions outside our door.
Never is the world so stable that life is blissful all the time. There are little problems that affect us and there are big problems that may affect us – at any moment – without warning.
Take a look at where you spend your money.
One of the biggest mistakes people make when faced with a sudden financial setback or shocking
expense is to go on spending as though they still have the same budget.
Perhaps they go and buy something to try and make themselves feel
better. Maybe they just continue spending like they always did, with
hundreds of dollars going out for kids’ activities, a vacation that had
been planned before the emergency, dinners out, and shopping trips.
Just stop.
Everyone has their own ideas about what is a necessity. Personally, I work at home and need the internet. It would cost me more to go to a Starbucks for free internet and coffee than it does to pay for an internet connection and make my own coffee.
But more than that, these are the items I feel are on our family’s necessity list:
Absolutely everything above those basic necessities is a luxury.
You may have your own version of necessities and luxuries depending on your circumstances. By this definition, what are your luxuries?
Reduce your monthly payments by cutting frivolous expenses. Look at
every single monthly payment that comes out of your bank account and
slash relentlessly. Consider cutting the following:
It may not be a lot of fun, but it’s absolutely necessary until your crisis is under control.
Maybe learning a new skill would benefit your budget with a new way to make money. I swear, there is a Youtube video for everything you ever wanted to learn.
Instead of running to the grocery store when you really need something, or even skipping your weekly shopping trip, rely on whatever groceries you already have on hand. This may take a bit of creativity. (This is what you’ve been prepping for, isn’t it?)
What can you substitute for something you’re out of? It’s easier to substitute foods in a recipe when you cook inexpensive meals from scratch and use your stockpiled ingredients.
Instead of replacing something that is broken, try repairing it. (As I mentioned, there’s a Youtube video to learn anything.)
Are you and your family prepared to be self-reliant? Will you be able to let go of your normalcy bias? The best way to prepare for the future is to acquire knowledge and skills that will best equip you to handle the unexpected.
Learn as much as you can and stock up as quickly as you can afford. The Prepper’s Blueprint is my go-to prepper book for everything. I hope it helps you prepare.
The Prepper’s Blueprint is a step-by-step easy-to-follow plan to help us get prepared as quickly as possible. It includes common sense concepts and plenty of supply lists. It’s divided the chapters into what the author calls “layers of preparedness”. Each layer will help you progress from “beginner” to “longer term” to “the end of the world as we know it”.
For example:
Layer 1: Chapters 1-14, prepares you for those everyday disasters that have shorter-term effects: power outages, storms, injuries, and evacuations
Layer 2: Chapters 15-31 help you to get ready for disasters that turn out to be much longer-lasting: economic collapse, long term power outages, and pandemics, to name a few.
Layer 3: Chapters 32-56 prepares you for the long haul and a complete change of lifestyle, the end of the world as we know it: providing food and water once supplies run out, security, retreat properties, and long-term plans.
The goal of this very readable book is to help you along the path to self-reliance, and ultimately, to get you and your family to a point where you can not only survive, but thrive, in a world that may be permanently altered.
The Prepper’s Water Survival Guide is a must read book. If you think you know everything there is to know about storing water . . . well, reading this book may change your mind. I have plenty of water stored but I learned a few things from this book.
It’s a step-by-step plan with straightforward information you can easily follow. You’ll quickly learn how to:
In addition to harvesting water, you’ll gain the tools to keep large stores untainted for long periods of time, test the water you collect for dangerous toxins, and treat water-related illnesses that are commonly contracted during a disaster.
Stock up now – don’t fall for your normalcy bias. When a crisis happens, you will have peace of mind knowing you are ready.
Financial survival is a concern to most of us, especially if we would like to increase our self-sufficiency, our food storage, and have peace of mind.
Whether it’s personal, nation-wide, or global, check out these 7 Ways to survive a financial crisis.
What does the future hold for us? Change: Which is accelerating in every metric of human existence that we can see.
I’d love to hear what you have to say in the comments.
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