Recent Posts
Fitness: Working Out as Physical Preparedness
Are you fit? No seriously. Can you walk a few miles if your car breaks down? Can you do it while carrying your child? Being physically fit is also a part of physical preparedness. I don't just mean … [Read More...]
Backpacking or 72hr bag meals
Quick and Easy Just-Add-Water Meals I love backpacking. Backpacking requires a person to carry all of their meals with them. Oatmeal - sweet or savory or protein Pasta sides + mashed … [Read More...]
8 Security Concerns for a New Home
The Modern Self-Reliance team bought a house! Exciting and of-course very nerve-racking. (This explains our long absence from new content...sorry fans...life happened.) While moving, we made note of … [Read More...]
8 Lessons Learned while Testing our 1 Month Food Box
The infamous "they" recommend you test your supplies to make sure it works for you, before you actually need it. In the process of moving to our new home, we got a chance to "practice" with our 1 … [Read More...]
Day 1 Essentials for Moving
Moving in a new house or apartment? Make a Day 1 kit, to have the essentials all in one place. I recently bought a house! Hoorah! When packing, I put together 2 large rubber totes filled with things I … [Read More...]
6 Things Your Paramedic Wished You Knew
I interviewed our paramedic friend, about what would make his job easier. He gave us 6 things, he wished more people knew. These are skills that would save lives by providing more immediate aid to … [Read More...]
What’s in an MRE? Curiosity Ask….
MRE...Meals Ready to Eat...a prime feature in the bonding moments of soldiers in the trenches of combat movies. But what is actually in an MRE? Should you buy them to stock up? I opened one, mostly … [Read More...]
A Look Inside: EMT/Paramedic Jump Kit
A jump kit is the primary trauma bag carried by EMTs and paramedics. It contains a base set of things, and other customization items. It offers redundancy for things that are also into the ambulance, … [Read More...]
Short Term Food Storage: An Updated One Month Plan
You may be thinking...what? Don't you folks already have a 1-Month plan? Yes, we do and it's here: One-Month Food Stash for Less than $150. But what we found was that, somethings we were taking often … [Read More...]
My Absolute Essential Evac Bag
My friend, who went backpacking with me (see our adventure), recommended this book: The Great Alone. In this story, there is a mother and her daughter who live in Alaska and their husband/father is … [Read More...]
Preparing for Hard Times: 6 Steps toward Financial Preparedness
We, and many other before us, have thought long and hard about how to prepare our homes and families for the worst. We think about natural disasters, human-caused tragedies, and general … [Read More...]
What you Need to Know to Travel Prepared
Traveling can be a fun, relaxing way to explore the world. Traveling can also be stressful and nerve-racking. Whether I am traveling for work or for pleasure, being prepared is one of my concerns. I … [Read More...]
The 2-Ingredient Homemade Toothpaste
Most people don't give a second thought about the toothpaste they use in the morning. It's just a substance bought and used, and likely even forgotten while you are brushing and pondering the day's … [Read More...]
5 Essential Things you Need during a Power Outage
According in US Energy Information Association, in 2015, the average power outage is no more than 5 hours. (Source: EIA) These are the local weather or downed power line incidents; the random day to … [Read More...]
10 Things I Learned Backpacking for the First Time
At the beginning of July, I went on a 4 day/3 night backpacking trip in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. I traversed Mt. Moriah, Carter Dome, Carter Notch and then summited Wildcat mountain. This … [Read More...]
- What you Need to Know About Water: Collect, Purify, Store
- Minimal One-Month Food Storage Plan for $77
- What you Need to Know About Short-Term Food Storage
- How to Seal Food in Mylar Bags for Long-Term Storage
- What You Need to Know About a 72-Hr Bag
- Prepared Traveling: What to do When You Arrive
- Why Apartment Gardening is NOT Part of My Survival Plan
- Operations Security Mistakes I Made while Traveling
- Situational Awareness While Traveling
- 9 Preparedness Tips for the Office
- Preparing for a Winter Storm
- 3 Reasons for An Off-Site Prepper’s Kit (+ What to Include)
- 21 Important Pieces of Information to Gather for Your Family’s Reference
- 5 Options for Bugging-Out and Leaving Town for City Dwellers
- 10 Preparedness Actions you are Probably Procrastinating Right Now
- 8 Tips When Taking a Loved One to the ER
- 9 Steps to Planning Your Every Day Carry Items
- 7 Tips on Bugging-In for Urban Preppers
- 35 Items You Need To Put In Your Car Right Now for Your Survival
- 5 Steps You Should Take This Week to Create a Home Resilient to Power Outages
- 5 Odd Facts About Power Outages (Things You Didn’t Realize)
- 7 Steps for Evaluating Lighting Options During Power Outage
- 7 Steps for Heating Your Home During a Power Outage
- 6 Steps to Setting Up a New Garden Space
- 7 Steps for Maintaining Proper Sanitation during Power Outage
- 8 Steps to Evaluating your Food Preparedness for Power Outages
- 7 Core Principles for Surviving an EMP
- 5 Steps to Evaluating Water Security during a Power Outage
- Minimalist Prepper? Can those two idea coexist?
- Reviewing “Feed a family of 4 for 1 year, for less than $300”
- Get Home Safe: How to Pack a Get-Home Bag
- 6-Month Preparedness Supplies Rotation Checklist
- Prepper Buzz Words Explained
- 3 Extra Places for A First Aid Kit
- TSA Approved Prepping: What’s in my Carry-on?
- Water Storage for Today, This Month and This Year
- Car Supplies You Can’t Do Winter Without
- 4 Steps to Building a 72-hr Bag
- One-Month Food Stash for Less than $150