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18 Low-Cost Ways to Start Prepping
Saturday, March 22, 2014 12:28
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When the need to prepare for an uncertain future becomes a pressing reality for the new prepper, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. There are so many things to buy and to do that it becomes almost paralyzing. “Where to start?” becomes the question at the forefront of their minds.
Frustrated and anxious, many preppers assume that it’s going to cost a ton of money to get started.
While it’s true, prepping will require an investment of both time and money, you can begin to make yourself more prepared by focusing on the time aspect first.
Here are 18 things you can do to begin prepping for very little, if any, cost.
- Make a Plan. The first and perhaps most critical step in becoming more prepared is to make a plan. Consider what you have and what you need. Then figure out a way to get from here to there. Prioritize your purchases. Plan your time and focus on the most pressing things first. Divid the effort with others in your family.
- Do Research. Prepping is not all about buying. There’s a lot more to it than just acquiring stuff. Go to the library or search online and learn new things, adopt new skills, that will help you during rough times.
- Make a Budget. Being intentional about our expenses, planning them out ahead of time rather than just going through the month spending wherever we think we have a need, will help us to find a little extra money each month. That money help you to prepare.
- Make an EDC. Making a small Every Day Carry kit that you can carry with you at all times doesn’t cost much and will help you to be and feel more prepared. Household items such as a matches, cotton balls, band-aids, and safety-pins are probably lying around your house already.
- Make a Prepper Book. Information is critical and having it all readily available to you in one place (or better yet, having multiple copies of it) will help you during times of trials. Keep phone numbers and places to meet during an emergency as well as other plans in your Prepper Notebook. You can also put instructions that may come in handy later like how to purify water with Chlorine or how to field dress a squirrel…….Read more HERE
