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Obviously a significant part of prepping is taking the necessary action to become prepared for a disaster. This includes stockpiling plenty of food and water, learning how to become self-sustainable, having outlined several disaster plans for different scenarios, and becoming trained in the art of self-defense, first aid, and foraging for food. But there’s one more aspect of prepping that you might have overlooked, even if you’ve done or are in the process of doing each of the things that we’ve outlined above, and that is having the right mentality to survive. The reason why survival mentality is so important is...

The idea of the lone wolf survivalist really isn't all that good a one. Oh sure, if you're a true woodsman, who is an expert in all aspects of survival, you might be able to survive on your own; but so what? How are you going to keep society going on your own? For that matter, how are you going to keep the human race going on your own? Most of us don't have every skill needed to survive in every situation on our own. Oh, we might have a pretty good collection of survival skills; but unless we study...

Survival situations can occur for a number of reasons. Maybe your plane crashed, you survived and now you must find your way back to civilization. Another scenario is some kind of natural disaster has ripped through your part of the country and life has been turned upside down and inside out and you are in a survival situation. Those are relatively serious, but tame scenarios that are not full of malice. You are fighting Mother Nature and the elements to survive—not other humans. In another kind of scenario that is likely to occur after the world has suffered an economic...

If you have spent countless hours shopping and researching every little piece of gear that has gone into your bug out bag, you are a real prepper. You are doing what you can to ensure you have everything you need to make the most out of a survival situation. You are setting yourself up for success by ensuring you have gear that is durable and will serve you well when you are counting on it to keep you alive. Perfection is a fluid word. Your bug out bag might be perfect as it is right now, but there are always...

If you have done any reading up on survival, you have probably realized there is a lot of information to be learned. It can be overwhelming to think you need to read a hundred different books and articles in order to get the book knowledge needed to keep you alive after a disaster. Book knowledge will only get you so far. Hands on training is always going to be better. Unfortunately, that is a little tough to do when you don’t have special equipment to simulate a real-life emergency. Part of learning how to survive will be getting in the...