No matter how much you prepare for a SHTF moment or survival situation, there will be some aspects that surprise you, something you overlooked or forgot and something that does not perform as you expected it to in the heat of the moment.

That is just a reality, and there is not much you can do about it.

The key is to try and minimize those elements of survival by focusing on Optimization, Health, Practice and Mental Fortitude.

One way of tackling that is to pick one of the four to focus on each month of the new year. Dedicate each month to improving your overall bug-out and survival status.

Each month you will discover areas you thought you had covered, but needed to be refined or even reorganized.

On the next page, we offer some suggestions on how to do this.

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