Five Prepping Things To Accomplish In January
January can be a slow month in the prepping world. The weather is usually less than ideal to be outside. The desire to work on the New Year’s resolutions is strong and you need to take advantage of that! Did you make any prepping goals for the year?
I didn’t, but I have a list of things that I want to accomplish. I thought I would share a monthly list of prepping things you can do in January to get the year kicked off right.
Five Prepping Things To Accomplish In January:
1. Start working out. You want to be inside anyway so it is time to get moving. Join a gym, get out those exercise videos, find an exercise video on YouTube, and/or find a workout you enjoy. You can also go outside and get a brisk walk in. Just get moving! Prepping does involve your physical health and now is the time to take care of it!
If you are afraid you can’t stick with an exercise plan, set up an alarm in your phone to remind you. Also remember, it takes 21 days of practice to make a habit stick. Nothing is different for keeping in shape.
2. Since winter is a good time for soups and casseroles, now is a good time to clean out the food storage. Find the out of date and soon to expire foods in your food storage. You can set them in a basket or on a special shelf so you remember to get them used up! Make these foods apart of your menu plan in January and February if need be.
3. Make out a list of projects you want to accomplish this year and set up a timeline for getting them done. I have a lot of indoor projects to do and I set up a plan to get 1-2 of them done a month. I already started with getting an indoor bedroom painted and stripping the floor. In prepping, keeping your home in good shape is very important especially if you want to bug in instead of bug out.
4. Start a home emergency cash fund. Having a stash of cash at home is very important in case debit/credit cards don’t work. It also comes in handy if you need to pay someone at the door. I recommend having a variety of denominations in dollars and a jar of change.
5. Read some good prepping books. I like to curl up with a good book and now is good time to learn more about prepping. Whether you are looking to learn more about food storage, water needs, or survival living, now is good time to glean some knowledge. I recommend these books:
- Prepper’s Long-Term Survival Guide by Jim Cobb
- The Prepper’s Pocket Guide: 101 Things You Can Do To Ready Your Home for a Disaster by Bernie Carr
- How To Survive The End of the World As We Know It by James Wesley Rawles
- The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery
- The Survival Medicine Handbook by Dr. Joseph and Amy Alton
It is a very simple list and I think you can get it done! Let me know what you did and what you got accomplished!
Thanks for reading,
Erica