Preparation Step 6 – Emotional Support and Well-being

by Dnurkle | | Preparation

In order to gain a clearer picture of what this preparation step is all about, I’m going to list off some pretty annoying, yet truthful clichés: · “No man is an island.” · “Many hands make light work.” · “When the going gets tough, the...

Preparation Step 5 – Working on Mental Acuity.

by Dnurkle | | Uncategorized

The next on our list of preparation steps is the step of keep mentally active. Have you ever heard the cliché: “Idleness is the devil’s workshop.”? This may have just been a saying around where I grew up, but it does apply to our mental acuity. An...

Preparation Step 4 – Plan to care for medical needs

by Dnurkle | | Preparation

This preparation step is the best follow up to the previous one (see below). If we take seriously the efforts needed in step 3, then we have less to worry about here in preparation step number 4. Yet, we are not guaranteed good health all the time. That is why...

Preparation Step 3 – Deal with stress; stay or get healthy

by Dnurkle | | Whole grains

The reason this preparation step is a two part subject is because the two go hand in hand. Stress and health related issues. The vicious cycle of being under stress causes us to eat less healthy and exercise less. Stress itself causes a myriad of bad chemical...

Preparation Step 2 – Include your family members.

by Dnurkle | | Uncategorized

When building up your food storage and preparation stock, it is often over looked how to include family members. We hope to address that here in Preparation Step #2. In an ideal world, your family members (be they extended members, siblings, a spouse or children)...