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Before even touching the more complicated aspects of being a prepper, you should make sure to have your fundamental prepping skills covered. Some of these basic skills include first aid and emergency medical care, water purification, food preservation and fire-making.<\/p>\n
Prepping is undoubtedly an investment, but that doesn\u2019t mean you should have to spend beyond your means. It is possible to prep even while on a tight budget. However, you may have to change your spending habits and plan your expenses ahead of time. Remember to stick to your budget and buy only what you need \u2013 your wants can (and should) wait.<\/p>\n
No matter how much survival gear you stockpile, you can\u2019t use an abundance of supplies to\u00a0compensate for a lack of skill<\/a>.\u00a0Prepping equipment\u00a0can be destroyed, lost or stolen, but as long as you regularly practice your survival skills, they can never be taken away from you. Invest in skills more than supplies. This can also help you stay within your budget.<\/p>\n It is easy to take your health for granted, but when SHTF, physical fitness is crucial to your survival. Staying in peak physical condition means that you will have a much easier time lifting heavy objects, traversing difficult terrain and outrunning your enemies. Simply put, your chances of survival are greater if you\u2019ve been living a physically active lifestyle rather than a sedentary one. (Related:\u00a0Why physical fitness is crucial for survival (and why all preppers need to take good care of their bodies)<\/a>.)<\/p>\n A common problem with\u00a0long-term food storage<\/a>\u00a0is that once you\u2019ve bought it and placed it in the pantry, you tend to forget about it until an emergency happens. By the time one does occur, the food might have already gone bad. You can avoid this problem by making an inventory of all the food you buy and marking their expiration dates. If you stock up on raw ingredients, it is also useful to learn how to make meals from scratch. You can also supplement your food supply by learning how to fish, hunt and forage for food.<\/p>\n Not all survival situations will happen on a large scale. Sometimes, a crisis may only affect your local community, your family or even just you specifically. Just because a crisis doesn\u2019t affect everyone else doesn\u2019t mean you should underestimate it. Give it your proper attention and resolve it immediately.<\/p>\n You think you might be doing everyone a favor by\u00a0trying to convince them to prepare<\/a>\u00a0for some unseen future disaster, but it\u2019s probably not worth your time and effort to \u201cconvert\u201d these people. Unfortunately, not everyone is fit for the prepping lifestyle or willing to actively engage in it. You\u2019re more likely to end up outing yourself as a prepper.<\/p>\n Even if your specific location is only prone to a single type of disaster, anything can still happen, so you should be able to change your plans accordingly. Think about all the possible scenarios that could happen and create contingency plans in case anything goes wrong.<\/p>\n No one simply becomes a prepper overnight. True prepping is a full-time commitment that requires a lot of planning and effort. If you want to reap the rewards, you need to first put in the hard work.\u00a0This often entails\u00a0setting up your bug-out location, tending to your edible garden,\u00a0crafting DIY prepping equipment and practicing your prepping skills. It\u2019s also easy to become complacent by thinking that you\u2019ve already \u201cprepared enough,\u201d so sharpen those survival skills to avoid getting rusty.<\/p>\n On the other side of the spectrum,\u00a0you could fall into the trap of doing too much all at once. If you take on more tasks than you can handle, you\u2019re more likely to end up starting too many prepping projects and finishing none of them. You could also end up rushing through your tasks, which could result in costly mistakes in the long run. Pace yourself and learn to organize your priorities. This will help you go through your tasks more efficiently.<\/p>\n Even if you\u2019ve committed any of\u00a0these prepping mistakes<\/a>\u00a0in the past, all that matters now is that you\u2019ve learned from them and can properly avoid them in the future.<\/p>\nIgnoring your health<\/h3>\n
Not properly rotating your food supply<\/h3>\n
Overlooking\u00a0your local SHTF situation<\/h3>\n
Trying to\u00a0convince\u00a0everyone to be preppers<\/h3>\n
Preparing for only one kind of disaster<\/h3>\n
Not putting in the hard work<\/h3>\n
Trying to do too much all at once<\/h3>\n