The theme this week on the Retirement Quick Tips Podcast is: Prepping for emergencies in 2022.

Today, I’m talking about some further resources if you want to go deeper down the rabbit hole of prepping. Let me be clear - I’m not suggesting this 

In generations past, a bad winter, a drought, disease or a bad year for crops would have wiped out an entire family, town, or region. That’s not the case today, and if our ancestors would have had the financial resources and storage capacity to stockpile food, would they not have done that to keep themselves and their families alive? In our world of stocked grocery store shelves and greased supply chains, we have largely forgotten the need to prepare of some likely emergencies. 

I strongly believe that while you don’t want to get carried away here, it’s prudent to use your financial resources to not just prepare for your future retirement, but to prepare for your basic future survival in a variety of emergency circumstances. 

With that in mind, I want to turn today to some further resources that are worth exploring: 

I just scratched the surface of prepping this week, so if you’re new to prepping, focus on the basics and getting started. It’s better to grab a 40 pack of bottled water today at Costco than to research how to build a rainwater catchment system that might take you thousands of dollars and several months to complete. 

The best place to start are places like ready.gov - which has supply lists, and how to plan for various types of emergencies like floods and hurricanes. The Red Cross is also a great resource with lots of guides and an interactive map that shows you the most common types of disasters based on where you live. 

Websites & Blogs - there is a long list of websites and blogs 

YouTube videos - great for building knowledge, learning skills and strategies like building and organizing your food and water storage so things get used and don’t go to waste. One word of caution: easy to get down some rabbit holes with some of the prepper videos. Videos about preparing for doomsday are really common and unnerving, so just be careful about what you watch and listen to when the predictions turn dire…it’s probably not good for your mental health and could even scare you and paralyze you into doing nothing about it. 

Books! Great for building knowledge & keeping for reference in an emergency - can’t google how to give someone CPR or clean and stitch a deep wound if you’ve lost power. 

That’s it for today. Thanks for listening! My name is Ashley Micciche and this is the Retirement Quick Tips podcast. 

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