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The Difference between a Paranoid and Prepared Prepper
Recently there have been several discussions in many of the online prepper communities about the risks of posting any information about preparedness online. Many claim that as soon as join an online preparedness community, “Like” any prepper page on Facebook or create an account on a prepper forum, you’ve opened yourself up to extreme scrutiny and that the all seeing eye of the government is now looking through your window and documenting every move you make. Or even worse, rouge bands of violent looters are making a list (and checking it twice), documenting everything you say about your preps, just waiting for the SHTF disaster to finally come so they can show up at your door and take what you have.
If you can’t tell already, today we’re going to discuss the difference between preparedness and paranoia. We’re going to go over two of the main topics of debate going around the about this subject and hopefully put them in a more practical perspective.
In the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” the author talks about something that I think is very fitting for this topic. It’s called “The circle of influence vs. the circle of concern”. In a nutshell this concept basically means that people should only be concerned about things they can actually do something about. As preppers, I think this logic could be used in a lot of topics.. >>CONTINUED HERE<<
