When the unknown happens, how are you going to react?
If you haven't put any thought into this, the answer to that question may not be very optimistic. For those who are asking how you can even consider something if you do not know what is going to happen, you just need to concentrate on one thing: Be prepared to be as self-reliant as possible so that you can depend on yourself in the face of anything.
1. Storing Food
The good place to start is by making a food storage area. If the modern economic structure breaks down, food is going to become the thing that everyone wants the most. Just like it has been for all of human history, store your own means so that you can weather almost any storm.
2. Creating Food Yourself
You can buy meals that are dried and ready for storage, but you can also make some of the food on your own. Canning is an ideal solution. When you can meat, vegetables, fruit or jam, it will keep for a long time in the right environment.
3. Learn How to Cook
Your food stores will not last forever. You should learn about multiple tactics for cooking and growing food so that you can always have food, regardless of what resources are on hand. You may want to look into Dutch oven cooking or making a brick rocket stove.
4. Purify Water
Even more important than food is a source of clean drinking water. Do you know how to find water in the wilderness and how to purify it so that it does not make you sick? Learn this process now so that you can have safe water without filters or chemicals.
Above all else, you must be prepared not to rely on what others can provide. This goes against the general thought process in a modern society, where everyone works together, but it is the only way to be ready if that society fails. Taking simple steps now can help you tremendously in the future, and give you confidence that you are ready for whatever happens.
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