So What Makes This Blog Different???

So I have been debating how hard to promote this blog in my mind and I finally got smart and just asked my wife. While no husband will ever admit what I’m about to say, I should have asked for her input a long time ago. So, I asked her what she thought of me promoting a preparedness blog, and her reply brought my thought process to a grinding halt. She asked me two questions: “Aren’t there other survivalist/prepper blogs?” and “What makes yours different?” The first answer was easy, “Well, yeah. There are lots of prepper blogs.” The second answer left me speechless. For anyone who knows me, they know that Corey and speechless never collide in the same sentence. So I figure that the best way to answer this question is to get it out in the open and kick it around a little. So, what makes this blog different?

This blog is different because it follows my day-to-day challenges in trying to prepare myself and my family for tough times. The challenges I refer to are not just do I have enough beans, bullets, and band aids. Anyone can accumulate stuff. The biggest challenge to preparing for tough times is battling complacency and pushing yourself to do what’s best for you and your family. Here are a few examples of what runs through my mind everyday:

·         Am I maintaining a healthy lifestyle and a good solid physical condition?

·         Am I keeping up on current events so that I can look for signs of a down turn in society?

·         Am I making sure that I am developing skills like marksmanship, improvised water treatment, and food procurement and preservation?

·         Am I saving enough money and keeping my debt in check?

So I guess what REALLY makes this blog different is that this is a form of preppers therapy for me. I am not here to tell everyone exactly what they should do. That would be impossible since every situation is different, plus there are tons of books written on the subject. This blog is for me to share what I do and my thoughts on matters. It is a place for an exchange of ideas and a source of accountability for me. Because let’s face it. If I’m not doing anything then I have no blog content. So, there it is. That’s what makes my blog different. Thanks Cheryl for getting me thinking. I love you!