op-ed / commentary

Reallocating Funds For Prepping

Post category:Financial Health & Wealth
Post published:April 2, 2023
Post last modified:April 3, 2023
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Reading time:22 mins read

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In this article, Reallocating Funds For Prepping, I will touch on an essential (And tedious) aspect of prepping – our finances and tightening our budget so we have more for preparedness.

I won’t get into the political and corporate tyranny that has us on this path. I have a personal blog for topics like that.

I’m not going to give you 101 ways to save money. The internet is full of great resources like that. Using dollar stores, stretching a bag of flour, buying generic brands, eating at home, shopping discount grocery stores, etc. I’ve been cutting my own hair for years, but that’s not what I want for this article.

This article is more like a personal message with examples to help get your ideas flowing—typical Brian oversharing.

I will focus on saving more and spending less as a prepper. Almost everything the average Jane or Joe can do to clean up their finances works for preppers. The one glaring difference is what we consider essential. Our priorities are a little different when it comes to certain expenses.

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Email News Options: The News I Follow VIA Email

Post category:News and Commentary
Post published:March 12, 2023
Post last modified:March 12, 2023
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Reading time:22 mins read

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I will list many email news options I’ve subscribed to in this article. This is a follow-up piece to the article, How To Stop Falling For Agenda-Driven News Reporting – Finding Reliable News Sources I published a little over ten months ago, on June of 2022,

These are news-oriented and commentary emails I’ve subscribed to. I’ve been trying out different email news subscriptions for a few years and will share them here.

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Things I Never Needed by Grace Potter & Daryl Hall. An Unsuspecting Prepper Regret Song? Video

Post category:News and Commentary
Post published:January 2, 2023
Post last modified:January 2, 2023
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Reading time:7 mins read

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I wish the show “Live from Daryl’s House” was still going on, but this video with Grace Potter eleven years ago seems like the perfect prepper regret song. At least to me.

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We’ve Learned What The True Threats Are. Now What?

Post category:News and Commentary
Post published:December 26, 2022
Post last modified:December 26, 2022
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Reading time:17 mins read

The struggle is real. The threats are serious. The true threats are often unseen.

I don’t do many of these commentaries, not on this blog. About every six months or so. I try to keep things somewhat educational and productive but nearing a new year, I feel we could use a wake-up call.

So this will be half rant and half reasoning. I’ll let you decide which and whether any of it is worth reading. Feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comment section below.

Over the last several years, we’ve learned the true threats and where they are. But, no, this isn’t a political post. You’re on the wrong blog for that.

In this article, I want to take an honest, potentially painful assessment of what we’re facing and how to best prepare for the future.

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How To Stop Falling For Agenda-Driven News Reporting – Finding Reliable News Sources

Post category:News and Commentary
Post published:June 5, 2022
Post last modified:June 5, 2022
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Reading time:18 mins read

In this post, I want to take a look at how we’re deliberately misled by the media and how we should react to that. Are there reliable news resources today? Were there ever? Let’s dig in just a tiny bit.

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Supply Chain Disruptions. All You Need To Know.

Post category:News and Commentary
Post published:October 17, 2021
Post last modified:October 17, 2021
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Reading time:21 mins read

I’m going to take my trucker genius and my prepper mindset and help you understand what’s going on with our supply chain disruptions and what we need to do about it.

Everyone’s hearing about the global supply chain disruptions but few people understand exactly what that means or why it’s happening. This article will help you make sense of the supply chain shortages and what’s causing them.

In this article, I’m going to share my opinion. It’s an op-ed, not my regular type of post here on Next Step Survival but it is a survival topic. I’m not an expert but I feel like I’m just as Smaut as them folks with that label.

Expect to be enlightened!

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The Most Forgotten Prepper Task

Post category:Community and Communication News and Commentary Prepping
Post published:August 28, 2021
Post last modified:August 28, 2021
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Reading time:8 mins read

The Forgotten Prepper Task is Jeff’s second guest blog post. He’s going to remind us of the one thing busy preppers most often forget. And it’s about as important a prep as we can do. I’m guilty of this missed prep as well. Can you guess what it is?

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#10 Cans For Long-Term Food Storage – Prepper Q&A Series

Post category:Prepper Q&A Series Prepping
Post published:August 23, 2021
Post last modified:August 23, 2021
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Reading time:15 mins read

This article will tackle questions about using #10 cans for long-term food storage. And very little on powdered milk. 😉

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MAG Leadership – Managing Your MAG (Mutual Assistance Group)

Post category:Community and Communication Security and Defense Survival
Post published:August 22, 2021
Post last modified:August 22, 2021
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Reading time:9 mins read

In this article, Jeff B. offers spot-on advice on the leadership required for setting up a MAG (Mutual Assistance Group).

I want to welcome Jeff to Next Step Survival and thank him for being a contributing author. I’ve known Jeff for about a year and a half within a prepper group we belong to, and he has earned respect from all of us in the group.

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When Prepper Fear Turns To Paranoia – Opinion

Post category:News and Commentary
Post published:August 8, 2021
Post last modified:August 8, 2021
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Reading time:24 mins read

Okay, here’s what we call an Opinion / Op-Ed piece. I’m going to talk about prepper fear and paranoia. Specifically, how it pertains to some recent comments I’ve had.

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