From start to finish, survival situations are fraught with obstacles and dangers – that is why we call them survival situations.

Here are three you must be aware of!

Prepper Expenses

Of course, there are always ways to save money on food by becoming an “extreme couponer” and by having what amounts to a warehouse in your home to store it all but usually, it’s best to just know how to do it yourself. One way to cut costs is knowing how to grow your own food. Food that has nutritional value that your family can not just survive on, but thrive on, is key.

Arguably the largest expense you will face is your homestead and property. So how can you still be prepared on a budget? You’ll have to do most things yourself. Grow, preserve and store your own food, find creative ways to collect water and store it, but most importantly you’re going to need to find your own way to survive when you have to bug out. Know your surrounding areas and what you can gain access to. Find out what had a longer shelf life and can used to make whole meals. Find out if there’s a water source nearby or if there are possible caves to hide in. Learn what plants are native to your area, what you can and cannot eat.

The Government

You may already know that governments have a bad habit of operating covertly. That whole “standing for the people” is really just “standing for them until they start to outsmart you and begin to rise against you.”

So how does this pose a threat to a prepper? Well it should be pretty obvious by now.

Any government, but especially a powerful one, doesn’t like people speaking out against them as well as preparing to survive without their help. If they aren’t your only source of hope it shows that you don’t need them and everyone wants to feel needed, especially the ones who want to control you.

The Threat of Other Preppers

This is in two ways. The first is that another prepper is more likely to be prepared to scavenge and “loot”. They’re likeminded and that can be a huge weakness for obvious reasons. This brings me to the second part. The prepper themselves is their worst enemy. Advertising what you have to your friends and neighbors isn’t a good idea. Fight club doesn’t talk about fight club, right?

The first threat can be easily fixed by just getting up and doing it. Everyone should be prepared for anything and even if you don’t have money to throw around this is still something that is possible. The second reason is a little more difficult because it can be hard to predict. All you can really do is pay attention to what’s really going on and always defend your rights.

To some, those threats might seem obvious, but to many, they will be a surprise if we ever get to that point.

Ensuring you are prepared with a strategy and tactics is critical to making sure you can make it out in one piece.

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