My posts won't help you to prepare by using fear as a motivator. Yes, we live in a tumultuous world, but fear saps your strength, muddles your decision making and doesn't help those who are depending on you for safety. We will approach this venture with boldness, patience and the understanding that as Procrastinators we have to step up when people depend on us to provide for them and keep them safe.
As you read through the book, make sure you keep your Shopping List book handy. Remember not to overbuy items just because they are on sale. Concentrate on getting the items for your Ready Packs and Backpacks so you will be ready to evacuate at a moment's notice.
You can check our Social Media for hints and tips, I would encourage you to check my Pinterest Board for items I have pinned that have caught my eye. Once you do your initial Prepping, you can use the boards for information to help you branch out into further areas of preparation.
We just provide the basic steps so that you can make the right decisions for yourself and your family, having learned you can prepare without having to wear Camo, arm yourself to the teeth and start digging that moat, like, YESTERDAY. Let's dial that WAY back, and do what we can, working with what we have to work with.
As you work through the book, try to figure out why you put off doing the things that have to do with Prepping and Cleaning, then toss that behind you and set out to get it done! What may have been true yesterday, doesn't have to be your truth today. Follow the techniques after you find out why you procrastinate, and one square at a time, make a change!
If you follow the Monthly tasks and Flash Fixes, at the end of the year you should be golden. Many books want you ready in a couple of months, but you didn't get where you were in a month, and you won't get out of it in a couple of months. You need a good month to completely clean each space so you don't get overwhelmed and quit. I have done the SAME thing, and I will be taking this journey with you, posting my nightmares and my triumphs. I too have struggled with trying to prepare with those long lists and simplistic recommendations that just didn't work with the way that I think. I have had too many days I could not invite someone over because the house was just a wreck. Well, time is passing and your life means more than staying in that state of disarray due to procrastination.
I can do this, YOU can do this, and we are going to work on it together to get things done. If you're a Mom or Dad, Single or Married, young or old, you can use our steps to prepare yourself and get your house in order. This is what I am working towards, and I KNOW I can do it! I know you can too. I look at all of those Houzz, HGTV and DIY shows, and I am DETERMINED to get this together! I want to order something from Wayfair and have a place to put it that makes sense.
I want to clean out my closets and drawers, THIS is the year I let those size 6 Jeans go for GOOD, there's somebody out there who can wear them a lot better than my sausage legs can! This is the year to make a change, getting all of my Disaster supplies in order, in one spot and getting my house in order at the same time. I know I can clean a room if I have a month to do it, and so can you!
Do what you can with what you have. Remember, in an Emergency, you want options. Put in the work up front, to give yourself options. It's much easier to buy a 24 pack of water now at $3.00 than to be forced to buy it at $15.00 with a 2 pack limit in a disaster. Take care of buying your necessities while prices are low and supply is plentiful.
You may have to cut back on Fast Food, Entertainment or Starbucks for a few months, but its worth it. You can purchase canned goods and water with SNAP-Food Stamps benefits, its well worth the cost now, for the security you will give your family in an emergency. Explain what you are doing to your family, and get them onboard. After all, you are planning for your safety, and for a comfortable and clean living environment. If you can't get them to pitch in on the prepping, you can get them to pitch in on the cleaning.
Many of the things you need for your basic Ready Pack and Backpack, you can get at the Dollar Store. Just check expiration dates, and get travel sizes in case you have to evacuate by air.
Our books are available in Print on Amazon.com at the following links:
https://amzn.to/2QsRWY6 Link for the Paperback Book.
This is the link for the Paperback Forms Book. The Forms Book and Shopping List Book are only available in Paperback.
https://amzn.to/2x8Zkj6
The Disaster Prepping for Procrastinators book, (not the Lists or Forms Books) is also available as an EBook at the following link also.
I hope you enjoy this Blog and please feel free to post pictures and comments to show how you are coming along. If you fall behind, let me know so I can encourage you to keep on going! Please encourage each other to keep at it also, this is a Marathon, not a Sprint. All my best,
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