Livinging in Fear

Tune in to any prepper blog, YouTube channel, or social media platform you will find the never-ending warnings that the world is about to end. Climate change, food shortages, global economic collapse, nuclear war, and zombie viruses are all predicted to end life as we know it at any moment. The world is headed for the big flush and you need to prepare now if you want to be one of those clinging to the rim as everything goes down.

Fear sells. More and more people are buying into the hype. It is exciting times for us old school survivalist types because this is what we have been preparing for all our lives. I haven’t lost a wink of sleep over the current situation in our world. That is because, like Noah, I am prepared for the flood before it begins. Life sucks when you live in constant fear of everything. It can be paralyzing. The good thing is you don’t need to live in fear.

For the majority of us living in the United States, the most we have had to deal with up to this point has been increasing prices on the things we normally buy. There have been shortages on certain items but for the most part the store shelves are still pretty well stocked. That is likely not going to continue to be the case going into next year.

– What if things improve?

– Is the air getting better?

– True.

– The economy? -The Middle East?

-Arts? Literature?

-Television? Presidents?

-Anyone can nitpick.

-Name one thing that’s improved the last decade.

– See.

– Video games.

We all can remember what happened in the early days of the pandemic when store shelves went empty for weeks and buying limits were put in place after panic buying hit the population. We see similar things happen every time a hurricane threatens a populated area. If the evening news threatens that a disaster is imminent you would think that it was 3:00am on Black Friday. People panic when they realize just how vulnerable they are and start buying up everything in sight.

The time to start to prepare was yesterday. Today it is not too late. Tomorrow is a crap shoot. Disasters can strike at any time with little or no warning. Don’t be one of those out there panic buying. Worse, don’t be one of those who sit on their hands and do nothing feeling confident that your government will take care of you. When disasters hit, governments have far more important things to do than to worry about getting you a peanut butter sandwich to eat. Your wellbeing is your responsibility and yours alone.

But you do not need to live in fear either. No one can predict the future and no one can tell you what will happen tomorrow. Do not let the unknown rob you of the joy of living today. Today is all anyone has so you might as well enjoy as much of it as you can. Fear, like worry, is wasted energy. When you are prepared for tomorrow, there is no need to fear it.