Getting Back to the Basics

I haven't written down any thoughts about Preparedness for the last few months.  It seems that life gets in the way sometimes and you need to focus your efforts towards other goals that are the most prevalent in your life at any given moment.  But in a nutshell that is what being prepared is all about.  Being prepared means being able to face life's curve balls when they are thrown at you, and living a better life if things are going good. 

Our family faced an emergency six months ago with my wife having another brain surgery that she has valiantly recovered from.  In looking back over the last several months and remembering that she was out of work for three months we relied on some of our preparations such as food storage to get us through.  In fact I didn't really realize how much those preparations helped us until I took a look at our food storage the other day and realized that we had used about thirty percent of it and needed to get back on track with restocking.  I guess we were supported by those preparations and because of them we didn't have to struggle to make ends meet quite as much as we would have if we hadn't prepared.

With that little wake up call for me, I thought it might be important for me to share more information with my friends and family so that they might take a step back and look at where they are in their preparations to be able to live a better, more secure, and more self sufficient life.  We all need to "Get back to the basics" once in a while to make sure our lives have a solid foundation.  I would encourage all of my readers to take a look at their ability to face life's challenges within their ability to do so.  Have you stored a couple of days/weeks/months worth of food?  Have you put away a little extra cash in a safe spot in case you can't get to the bank or your Debit card gets lost or stolen?  Have you taken steps to reduce your Debt to cut that cancer out of your financial life?  Are you planning on planting a small garden to raise some of your own food to eat healthier and spend less?  Being prepared is not a new concept nor is it hard to do.  It just takes a single step to get started and it is never too late.