Preparing on a Shoestring Part 19: The Conclusion
This will be the last of the shoestring series. Unfortunately, anything beyond the 30 day store just can’t be done on a shoestring in anything short of a lifetime. One idea still applies. No matter what your goal or how big it is, staying on target and working toward it a little at a time will get you there.
As you go forward into preparing for “come what may”, you will have to make some very difficult choices. The wise and frugal prepper will always look for a way to make one resource satisfy multiple demands. Flexibility will save you money and lighten your load. It will reduce your need for storage space It will make your inventories smaller and your life easier.
On the other hand, in some things more money and work will often make a limited use plan a more flexible one. For instance, a root cellar makes for good storage space and functions well as a tornado shelter. Spend the money and effort to sink it a little deeper. Upgrade it for longer term occupation. Strengthen it to withstand fallout or even nuclear blast, and you have made your root cellar into a nuclear bomb shelter. Your bug out vehicle is the same way. For a higher price, you can go from marginal transportation to a vehicle that has a good chance to get you and your supplies through.
For better or worse, at this point in your prepping, your mind and good judgment will serve you much better than your checkbook. One thing is certain, the change in mindset will drastically change how you look at life and its problems. The knowledge you gain will make you infinitely better able to face life’s problems and overcome them. This holds as true in normal times as it does the worst imaginable catastrophes. If you stick with it, you can’t help but better yourself and be better off for your prepping efforts. Now that is worth something.
I wish you all the best of luck in your prepping and the greatest of joy in the doing.
Staff Note: Cutter, Thank You for the time and effort that you put forth preparing this series!
