Jan Smits wrote:I read about 10 "Getting started" guides online, some more useful than others. Made some lists, rifled through cupboards, bought some things. Filled some water containers. Wrote up an inventory and currently trying to menu plan according to calories.
Quite a lot for a first week, but I'm fairly confident I have my first week of stores in place. I'll continue researching (ie reading labels), and experimenting for a while before upping the stores to a month.
Food and bugging in seem straightforward enough. EDC and bugging out seem to need the most thought, and expense.
Good stuff, having an idea of what your priorities are makes it a more streamlined approach, its easy to get carried away if you see or read something that catches your eye and you get 'prep envy'.
It sounds like you're going about it the right way though, a weeks worth of food and water is a great place to start from, its stuff we all need. Its unlikely you'll be able to cover all eventualities so (for me anyway) its covering the basics first and then thinking about some of the more exotic or pricey stuff. I think prepping is one of those things that you're never fully satisfied with, there's always that extra something that you want.
