When It's Not the Zombie Apocalypse…It’s Just Life

One of the biggest misconceptions about prepping is that it only focuses on preparing for a major disaster or the big “SHTF” scenario. But this is only partially true. Being ready for ANY scenario that could change your day-to-day life, even if only temporarily, often gets lost in the conversation.

As I have mentioned in a previous post, other situations may launch a single mom or solo woman into survival mode. Maybe you are a widow, now figuring out how to wrangle a budget that used to be fed by two salaries. Perhaps you have lost your job. You still need to pay your rent and put food on the table, knowing you must stretch every dollar until it screams. All the while, you are navigating an unreasonable and algorithm-driven job market that wants you to have a Master’s degree to answer the phone for twice the minimum wage…if you’re lucky. Maybe a pipe burst in your house, and since it is during a cold spell in an area with many other homes with burst pipes, you may not have water for a week while you wait for the plumber to get to you.

I have had all of these happen to me in three years, and, on occasion, they even had the nerve to overlap.

How does being prepared for the smaller disasters help you if a larger, more dangerous one happens?

Check it out on my Substack! https://urbanladyprepper.substack.com/p/when-its-not-the-zombie-apocalypseits?r=53ynfj

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