BACK TO THE BASICS - HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

The Hill Spirit believes that being able to take care of yourself is extremely important.  The Hill Spirit gets enough messages from the Elkmont folks to know that there are many who feel the same way.   From time to time, blog posts are about how to do that. Today, TSP has a great episode to share with folks, especially those new to being prepared.  It  discusses things at the basic level and frankly the starting out level.

Podcast Intro from Jack:
Funny quick story here, when I started The Survival Podcast and coined the phrase modern survivalist in 2008 I was advised by many well meaning people to use the term Prepper and rebrand as say the Modern Prepper Podcast or something.  Why?  Survivalist was considered scary, tin hattish, new world order obsessed, etc.
I stuck to the following, this is what modern survivalist means.

• modern – of or relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past
• survival – the state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances
• ist – a suffix that means to specialize in

So modern survivalist means – one who lives in the present here and now and specializes in creating a life that will allow them to continue to live a good life in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances.
Now do you see why I ask, “why isn’t everyone a survivalist”?  Frankly if you are raising a child is this not what you would want for them?  Would you not want to raise a young adult that can continue to thrive “in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances”.  If that is what you’d want for your kids, don’t you think  you should set a good example?  Now of course the funny thing is Prepper is just as maligned and considered “crazy” today as survivalist due to stupid nonsense like “Doomsday Preppers”.

Join Me Today As We Discuss…  CLICK HERE FOR LINK
*jump ahead to about 7 minutes to skip the intro/housekeeping part

• Yes modern survivalism is just common sense
• Not long ago preparedness was considered a virtue in America
• The story of the grasshopper and the ant, the original one
• Setting up basic redundancy, some really simple first steps
  • A basic black out kit
  • A 72 hour kit
  • A basic documentation package
  • Protocol and procedures and the differences between the two
  • Basic food storage
  • Basic water storage
  • Basic situational awareness
  • Basic financial management and debt elimination
  • The most important thing, a survival mind set
• Where to go from here