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How Uncomfortable Can You Live To Save Money and Still Survive?

How Uncomfortable Can You Live To Save Money and Still Survive?

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Saving money seems to be the name of the game lately. With rising inflation, increasing costs in stores, and generally higher cost of living, people are looking for any way possible to cut corners and trim costs. The problem is that most people don’t want to sacrifice any comforts to really save money when they need to really buckle down. Then the consequences of not buckling down to save a lot of money hit them really hard and they end…

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20 Ways To Reuse and Repurpose Old Clothing and Towels Into Something Useful and Practical

20 Ways To Reuse and Repurpose Old Clothing and Towels Into Something Useful and Practical

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Being frugal souls, throwing away something that you can reuse again practically seems like a waste. However, sometimes those old clothes are worn so much that they cannot be passed down or donated to the thrift store. What are you to do then? In the spirit of “use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without,” you figure out a way to reuse or recycle the old clothing. With so much just being thrown away and filling…

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Why and How You Should Be Stockpiling Clothes

Why and How You Should Be Stockpiling Clothes

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In any kind of SHTF situation, clothes are important. You may only need a few sets of clothing just to survive. However, in an economic downturn or inflation economy, you might want to think about clothing in a different way.  Stocking up on clothing will be important, especially if you are unsure if money will be tight or will need to be allocated to a different category in your budget. If you build up enough inventory for clothing, you may…

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What This Prepper Buys: The Dollar Tree Food Storage Edition!

What This Prepper Buys: The Dollar Tree Food Storage Edition!

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  After nearly a year since the last “What This Prepper Buys” article, I am back. I wasn’t doing anything crazy or fantastic in prepping, so I didn’t know where to go with the next article in this series. However, an acquaintance of mine said something that struck me. They asked how to get started with food storage when food prices were going up at the stores. I immediately decided to help them and any new/experienced prepper out in the…

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When Personal OPSEC Interferes With Talking About Prepping

When Personal OPSEC Interferes With Talking About Prepping

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 This world has certainly thrown us some curveballs in the last couple of years. Pandemic, contentious elections, power-hungry elected leaders, meddling global elites, failed military operations, shutdowns, lockdowns, inflation, and more have caused their own kind of chaos that has rarely been seen before. At least, not usually at the same time. I have been a prepper for a long time. Never in my dreams would I have thought I would have seen all of this in such a short…

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Why and How You Should Use Back-to-School Sales To Get Prepared and Stockpiled

Why and How You Should Use Back-to-School Sales To Get Prepared and Stockpiled

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Back-to-school sales in August are some of the best sales all year to get prepared. The variety of things for sale and the low prices can be a budget-friendly way to get your home prepared for whatever could come in the next year. You don’t usually see sales like this any other time of the year. This next school year, we could see more lockdowns, schooling at home, inflation, supply disruptions, and more. Any one of those things means you…

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