Life & Mindset

A guest post by Lee W [This is an entry in our non-fiction writing contest where you could win - First Prize a 10 Person Deluxe Family Survival Kit,  Second Prize an Herb Seed Bank or Third Prize a copy of Dirt Cheap Survival Retreat.  For complete rules and list of prizes see this post.] A favorite [...]

As you know, I’ve been busy as a beaver in autumn with my new place, this blog and my upcoming book – but even I need a break sometimes. So yesterday,my girlfriend and I decided to take a trip to the Museum of Appalachiain near by Clinton, TN (about a two-hour drive) and I thought [...]

“This is a guest post by By MsgtHug and entry in our non-fiction writing contest – where you could win $100 cash. (This contest ended on June 5 2011 ) the winner will be announced later this week” Ask yourself, why am I busy storing, planning and preparing while most of my neighbors and friends continue [...]

First, I’d like to thank Ranger Rick and Joshua for their donations this week and a big thank you to Pam for all your prayers and for sending me a copy of  ”The Worst-Case Survival scenario Handbook” (neat book btw). We also have a new advertiser Forge Survival Supply be sure to check them out and [...]

We’ve all read about the street children in Argentina after the economic collapse there, who wander the streets begging, stealing and scrounging through trash to survive.  Many were forced into child labour and prostitution.  Some by their own parents that could not support them or worse exploiting them for their own gain. In many ways children  suffer most after a disaster. In the [...]

There’s no such thing as a stress-free life. Most of us deal with stress on a daily basis, from getting the kids off to school and on time, to driving to work in heavy traffic to taking care of a sick family member. Our bodies were designed to deal with stress on a short-term basis, then to [...]

In early 1988 I first heard the word survivalist from my then girlfriends father when he gave me several books related to survival including back issues of Kurt Saxons now defunct “The Survivor” newsletter. Within two days I’d started my food storage program (25 lbs of dried beans) since that time I’ve manageged to build my preps up to an acceptable level (despite having to [...]

Do you feel confused and not sure what to do next? You think survival depends on how much stuff you have - you want the best and you want it now, so you do nothing, hoping to someday be able to afford all the stuff you think you need or worse you waste resources on stuff you really don’t need and neglect the [...]

By your writing goals on paper, something happens. They go from an imaginary target to being real. They go from dreams to things-to-do. A few weeks ago, I wrote down several survival goals. Some, I never thought I would actually meet but as I started completing them, I saw that they were possible. Combined with determination and drive, I found that writing my goals [...]