Category: Fireside Chats
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When you’re in a survival situation, what’s the most important thing? Is it your fire-making ability, your shelter-building ability, your hunting skills? Photo by R.D. Smith on Unsplash This might surprise you (unless you read the title of the post): it’s your mindset. It’s worth repeating: the most important thing in a survival situation is…
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A while back, I was developing a class. I asked my then 8-year-old what makes someone a good person, and without missing a beat, the response I got was “Compassion.” That’s absolutely right, and it applies to prepping too, so I tried to think about a specific way to show compassion in a prepping context.…
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At the company where I work, we talk a lot about ‘inhaling and exhaling.’ The idea is that a) you’re continuously learning, and b) you’re sharing that knowledge. This definitely applies to prepping! When people share their knowledge, the entire community benefits. I routinely read the prepping-related subreddits and I’m always amazed at the wealth…
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Hi! A bit of background: we love to host campfires at our house, and I also have a bunch of life philosophies. So I thought it might be fun to combine the two: to occasionally have ‘fireside chats’ and talk about one of those philosophies and how it might relate to prepping. Today’s topic is…
The Friendly Prepper 