I’m Failing My 2011 Fitness Goals Already

by suburban | Jan 27, 2011 | Health, Physical Fitness, Preparedness, Psychology

Yes, it’s true.  I am already fail­ing to accom­plish my 2011 fit­ness goals.  I blame part of it on my new job.  I am out of the house before 7:00 a.m. each morn­ing.  Big deal, right?  A lot of you read­ing this could be out the door at 5:00... Read more

Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part Four

by suburban | Jan 25, 2011 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Okay, in part four Team­work for Sub­ur­ban and Urban Sur­vival, today we talk about a list of skills that we may think are impor­tant for you, your friends, and team to know in a short or long term sur­vival sit­u­a­tion.  As I scour the Inter­net for lists of... Read more

Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part Three

by suburban | Jan 19, 2011 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Yes­ter­day, I fin­ished up the post by illus­trat­ing the old west.  Wouldn’t it be great to roll up on a small town that is iso­lat­ed from the rest of soci­ety, is self suf­fi­cient, has a great agri­cul­tur­al com­mu­ni­ty, steel mill, pow­er plant, hon­est... Read more

Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part Two

by suburban | Jan 18, 2011 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Did you give some thought yes­ter­day to who your friends are and what skills they have?  Are they doc­tors, lawyers, black­smith, vet­eri­nar­i­an, phar­ma­cist, con­struc­tion work­ers, etc?  How about your­self?  What skills do you have?  What... Read more

Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part One

by suburban | Jan 17, 2011 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Is it inevitable; A dis­as­ter of cat­a­stroph­ic pro­por­tion that changes everyone’s liv­ing sit­u­a­tion going for­ward for good?  Is liv­ing post dis­as­ter just an unfore­seen real­i­ty that many of us have not expe­ri­enced yet?  Look at Haiti just... Read more