This week’s show notes are going to be a little short this week. Because I have been so busy building a fence, working on the Academy and email list and a few other things. I am literally writing this right before I hit publish the publish button.

Some of you might even be saying “that’s fine with me!” haha. So anyway, here you go…

Last week Lisa and I went through a few things like operational security, situational awareness and the government, you can listen and read that one here.

This week we finish things off forgetting about the small stuff and overall mental attitude.

SPP142 When your Prepping Plans Hit a Road Block Part 2

Like I said, the show notes are kindof thin, but we go through much more detail in the show.

Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket

There are a couple different areas where this could be a factor. Storing everything in one place, and only thinking about 1 area of preparedness at a time.

If someone were to come take what we have, they will only get part of it if it’s stored in different places, and if we have a year’s worth of food and no water, our year’s worth of food is worth about 3 days.

Forgetting the Little Things

When you are prepping, you will focus on many different areas, with the main area of focus being food, water, shelter, and weapons. Don’t get so focused on one area that you forget about the others.

If you have three years’ worth of food, but no way to defend it, you will become a target. What about sanitation? Or how about your long term financial situation?

What if you have a tone of supplies, but you have been neglecting your job, or your bills? If you don’t have a roof over your head?

Being prepared doesn’t mean just having a lot of stuff. Preparedness takes place in all aspects of your life. Try to stay well rounded in all areas of preparedness.

The emotional component….

…The Five Stages of a Disaster

This is actually taken from the five steps of grieving, but grieving does not only have to be about losing someone you love. The grieving process can be related to everything, because it is how you grieve no matter the situation. The steps you will go through:

* Denial

* Anger

* Bargaining

* Depression

* Acceptance

In an emergency or SHTF situation you will go through all of these processes. Start learning how to recognize these things now, and have a plan of how you will deal with these emotions when they arise.

The STOP Acronym stands for Sit, Think, Observe, Plan. You can read more about that and the psychology of survival here.

The SURVIVAL acronym: Read more about this here.

The S.W.O.T. Analysis includes taking a look at your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunity’s and Threats. I wrote a full article on this titled Does Your Preparedness Plan Include and a S.W.O.T. Analysis?

Sun Oven Webinar

On the evening of 23rd of March we will be doing a live webinar with Paul the CEO of Sun Oven International. If you would like to register for this webinar you can do so here.

Even if you are just interested in what the Sun Oven can do you will want to watch, it really is a great option for grid down cooking.

Precision Holster/Tac-Bar Giveaway

There is only a couple weeks left in this month’s contest, so