Honestly do not care to continue living in a world in which prepping becomes relevant. In a far more simple place in which we can all live reasonably peaceably with a real connection to everything around us, and respect for it? Sure. In a world that has been at least partially irradiated, awaiting my turn, and the turns of my children and grandchildren? No thanks.
"The greatest prep of all isn’t measured in how many food buckets you have. It’s not measured in how much kale you can grow. It’s not measured in how many gallons of gas you can store, or how many guns you own.
The greatest prep of all is measured in how good you are at listening. It’s measured in how much uncomfortable truth you can tolerate. It’s measured in how long you can sit with unpleasant facts, and make some kind of plan, even if it’s not a plan you like very much. It’s measured in how much you can assess and accept your own shortcomings and vulnerabilities. It’s measured in how much you can acknowledge your own responsibility for the current state of the world. It’s measured in how much you can look at your own behavior, examine your own thinking, and not fall into the easy, comforting habit of simply pointing your finger at the bad guys, and blaming everything on them, even if most of that is true."
But we don’t have any certainty about which will come to pass. They could both exist simultaneously for a while. Or one could lead to the other for the few who make it through.
If you could get an extra 10 good(ish) years by the steps you take now before getting cannibalized by irradiated mobs, would it be worth it?
I also feel such sadness for the people who feel this way now, only to find out their survival instinct is so much stronger than they realized. For most of us, starvation hasn’t been experienced. It brings to mind people who survived their suicide attempts and realized only after they made that leap off a bridge that they didn’t want to die.
Preparing is the only way to allow yourself to make a choice in the future, whatever that future may be. Choosing now doesn’t seem wise.
I’m getting well confused with all your different web locations Jessica. Is this another one that I need to subscribe to so I don’t miss your posts? Will it appear on Sentinel Intelligence?
Thanks for the reply. I subscribed to your Substack years ago but moved to Sentinel Intelligence after you posted about it. I also subscribe to Splattered. I will continue to focus on Sentinel Intelligence and also support you there financially. I’m beginning to think that Substack has gone down the same rabbit hole as Medium. Cheers, Tom.
Honestly do not care to continue living in a world in which prepping becomes relevant. In a far more simple place in which we can all live reasonably peaceably with a real connection to everything around us, and respect for it? Sure. In a world that has been at least partially irradiated, awaiting my turn, and the turns of my children and grandchildren? No thanks.
From the end of my essay:
"The greatest prep of all isn’t measured in how many food buckets you have. It’s not measured in how much kale you can grow. It’s not measured in how many gallons of gas you can store, or how many guns you own.
The greatest prep of all is measured in how good you are at listening. It’s measured in how much uncomfortable truth you can tolerate. It’s measured in how long you can sit with unpleasant facts, and make some kind of plan, even if it’s not a plan you like very much. It’s measured in how much you can assess and accept your own shortcomings and vulnerabilities. It’s measured in how much you can acknowledge your own responsibility for the current state of the world. It’s measured in how much you can look at your own behavior, examine your own thinking, and not fall into the easy, comforting habit of simply pointing your finger at the bad guys, and blaming everything on them, even if most of that is true."
But we don’t have any certainty about which will come to pass. They could both exist simultaneously for a while. Or one could lead to the other for the few who make it through.
If you could get an extra 10 good(ish) years by the steps you take now before getting cannibalized by irradiated mobs, would it be worth it?
I also feel such sadness for the people who feel this way now, only to find out their survival instinct is so much stronger than they realized. For most of us, starvation hasn’t been experienced. It brings to mind people who survived their suicide attempts and realized only after they made that leap off a bridge that they didn’t want to die.
Preparing is the only way to allow yourself to make a choice in the future, whatever that future may be. Choosing now doesn’t seem wise.
I’m getting well confused with all your different web locations Jessica. Is this another one that I need to subscribe to so I don’t miss your posts? Will it appear on Sentinel Intelligence?
I'm posting it there now.
Thanks for the reply. I subscribed to your Substack years ago but moved to Sentinel Intelligence after you posted about it. I also subscribe to Splattered. I will continue to focus on Sentinel Intelligence and also support you there financially. I’m beginning to think that Substack has gone down the same rabbit hole as Medium. Cheers, Tom.
It's hard to say, but it often feels that way. Thanks for your patience.
And thanks for all your effort, I appreciate it.
Keep up the good work, we need more people like you on t’interweb to compensate for the mainstream bullshit and propaganda.