Convincing Others to Prep
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One subject comes up over and over in prepping circles. How do I convince my family or even my spouse to prep and that I am not crazy for doing so! I have a friend who actually would be an awesome prepper. She is an avid successful gardener. She cans, she’s a scratch cook, does her own household repairs, she’s even skilled in the lost art of sewing her own clothing. She has an interest in learning other off grid skills like cheese making, candle making and wine making. BUT if you say off grid to her or worse yet grid down situation…. total panic! The idea of the grid being down terrifies her. Her one and only plan for disaster is to pack up her car and leave the area. The thought that she may not be able to do that has never occurred to her. If the power should be out more than a couple of days she would be totally lost. Even though you could label her plan to get in her car and drive away as a bug out. She doesn’t have any plan of where she would go, no go bag to grab in a hurry and no clue what she would do if stranded somewhere more than a couple of hours. To her, a major traffic jam is a disaster!
So what do you do if your friends and family are like my friend and neighbor? In her case all is not lost… her son preps and is aware of his mother’s “plan”. He will insure that mom is taken care of in a disaster scenario if he is able. There in lays the problem with his plan… “if he is able”. If he is unable to get to her, mom is frankly going to be on my doorstep! So I have conspired with her son to make sure mom is ok until he can return for her.
However lax this plan for her is, it is at least a partial plan. What about your spouse, parents, children, in-laws, cousins, friends, neighbors etc.. you can’t take care of everyone! So convincing them the need to prepare is really an important job. For some good information on convincing others to prep continue reading at the following link
How to convince someone about prepping
Until you are successful in that task you may as my friend’s son has done want to prepare without their knowledge. For one man’s method of prepping without his spouse’s knowledge check out this link.
How to Prepare without Your Spouse Knowing
Hopefully we will all be successful at convincing at least those we love to prepare and if each of us is only able to change the way one person views prepping and to accept responsibility for themselves in a disaster situation, we can eventually one at time prepare our population one convert at a time!
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