The new year has started, and the world just keeps getting crazier.
During the holiday break, we went to visit family. A trip not without adventure when we ended up with a flat tire halfway along the journey. We all had fun with family we have not seen in over a year, but I was grateful to return home.
But what caught my attention was that egg prices while we visited were over $8 per dozen. Then we arrive home at $6 a dozen and empty shelves. Limit signs all over. The fragility of our food system keeps showing its ugly head.
Then you add in all the questions around how the rest of the election process will go and many seem to be running scared.
The problem is not what goes on outside our local world, but what we are doing inside it. How prepared are we for the unknown? And while it might be possible to buy our way out of a situation, that’s often not the best route.
In this week’s article, I talked about alternate methods of being prepared and some skills you could bring to the table in your community. Ones you might not have ever thought of before. Because let’s face it, when people say preparedness, everyone jumps to food and first aid.
Not everything is about the basics, because no matter how hard we try alone, it’s unlikely that we will ever get by alone.
Start asking yourself, what skills can I bring to the table with the world falls apart. Then find those who can bring the skills you lack and become friends.
Rather than a fluffy news years resolution, focus on preparing something meaningful every day.