How To Begin

The first mistake most people make once they have decided to become more prepared is that they invest their time and efforts into the most unlikely events that will occur. This is usually from receiving bad advice.

The first thing you should do when seeking out advice, buying items or services, or panicking about something you see or hear about is to step back and think of the odds of that disaster occurring to you.

Before taking any major actions or making any major decisions for you or your family make a list. Make a list of everything that could happen to you in your life. Everything you can think of from you getting a cold or  the power going out for two days to a nuke going off near you. Anything that would negatively effect you or your family. Write down everything you think of into a spreadsheet or some type of list you can keep available to you. Now take that list and organize all of those items by most likely to happen to you on top and the least likely on bottom of the list.

You will end up with something similar to this example:

Now when you are preparing, listening to advice, or gathering information you want to focus on the top of that list and work your way down. Worry about being prepared for the common cold before you worry about what you can do in case of a financial economic collapse or a nuclear holocaust.