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Prepper skills don’t just provide benefit for a future sneario – they do in fact assist us in our everyday lives as well…

This information was provided by the good people at The Prepper Journal:

1.  The Basics:  Food, Shelter, etc.

Putting up food for winter is part of our pioneer and farming heritage. It’s only recently that people have been lulled into on-demand thinking.

So what happens if you or someone in your family has an accident or surgery? You might not have time or inclination to cook, or even go grocery shopping.

Give yourself permission to use some of your supplies of frozen and canned foods. They need to be rotated anyway, right?

Know of a neighbor who’s going through a rough patch? A basket or bag of non-perishable foods even if left anonymously could be appreciated more than you know.

When donating food or clothing to a food pantry or homeless shelter, go ahead and keep a record in case it can save on your taxes.

You can go “shopping” in your own store without leaving the house or having an internet connection. Whether you’ve bought ahead on sale or saved clothing from an older sibling, the bins of extra clothing stashed in the attic can come in handy in many ways besides a natural disaster:

Kids ready for the next size up? Done! How about extra layers for a camping trip, play clothes or clothes to paint in, costumes for school plays or Trick-or-Treat.

Got a few solar yard lights? Bring them inside if the lights go out. You can recharge them outside during the day if the power outage is prolonged. This will help save on expensive batteries.

2.  Medical and Health

Everything from choosing a healthy variety of back-up foods to adopting the appropriate fitness routine can pay off even if the S-doesn’t-HTF.

Preppers tend to have a good understanding of how organized, accessible medical, allergy, etc. records can be useful if you should ever need to bug out, but what about right here and now?  The work you’ve already put in updating records will be just as useful should you have to change doctors (sometimes they move or retire), end up in the emergency room, or something comes up while you’re out of town or the kids are at camp.

3.  Resiliency

Even something as little as knowing there’s an extra canned or frozen entree available for dinner tonight when you’re stuck in traffic and running late can be a positive mental boost. Try getting all the family prescriptions on automatic refill or home delivery and that’s one less thing to have to remember.

Even the most avid do-it-yourselfer can benefit from hiring out yard work or just asking for help once in a while. Maybe it will save unnecessary back strain, or invest the extra time in a family fire drill, helping with homework, or learning a new topic or skill, and see if you don’t get a return on your investment.

See? Prepping’s great, SHTF or not. Make sure to show other preppers you know, to make sure they don’t give up either!

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