New to site

[nickdutch]

Hi there im new to this site and wanted to say Hello from Newcastle upon tyne.. im not a prepper as such,, i watched the doomsday program on nat geo, after youtubing fr a while i found EDC videos,, ive always carried loads of little bits of gear with me but never realised so many other people did to. Ive always been one for have lots of stuff in car breakdown kit first aid kit shovels the list goes on, so in a minnor way im a prepper in that respect. i fear now ive found this site its only a matter of time before im spending loads on all manner of gizmos and gear food water etc etc MY wifes gonna kill me lol

Anyway hello everyone looking forward to a lot of reading

Welcome.
So long as you are doing it rationally, you know what you are preparing for and you stick with it, i am sure that you will be fine.

[griff9026]

Cheers Nick, im slowly chipping away at it, im prity much just prepping for 3 days without power and water at the minute, a realistic goal at this early stage.

[Technik]

Hi!
Small steps are best, that's how most of us start.

[nickdutch]

Cheers Nick, im slowly chipping away at it, im prity much just prepping for 3 days without power and water at the minute, a realistic goal at this early stage.

That's a very good attitude.

I have noticed that preparedness has become an industry and some people seem to want to sell paranoia as opposed to down to earth preparedness. Selling paranoia might be good for business (theirs!!), but won't necessarily help if the thing that they are trying to get everyone paranoid about doesn't happen.

I have taken the attitude that if X doesn't happen, can the preps be used for something else and if so what?

For me, its maybe a few days or weeks off sick or with no money coming in. I am self employed and I want to make sure that if either my agencies stop working or I can't work due to health problems or any other little problem comes up I can still eat.

Everything else has become a bit of a hobby and potentially useful (like learning the slingshot as a skill, something i am enjoying immensely!).