by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper:
One common mistake in prepping is dropping a lot of money on stuff when we start. I’m talking about overspending in gear and supplies, from FOMO or some other compensation mechanism – an error I myself admitted in this 2023 article about 10 Prepping Mistakes And Failures.
As long as we move out of this phase shortly (before breaking our bank account and compromising our finances), everything should be fine. It’s part of the learning curve, and we shouldn’t feel too guilty about it. Take the lesson and move on.
Failing to care for emergency equipment and supplies can be an equally harmful blunder: we can lose our investment, end up having a bad surprise, and get stranded if something happens and our preps are useless from neglect. As I’m about to show, that can be easily avoided.
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I’ve seen that happen more than enough to warrant a discussion about it.
Between 2020 and 2024 I assisted a number of individuals and families starting in the preparedness lifestyle, giving advice on how to build equipment and stockpiles, emergency bags, household gear, all the stuff we discuss here and everywhere.
When the COVID madness started to dwindle and life return to normal a couple of years ago, overall interest in preparedness also begun to wane a bit. I could tell by the quantity of books being sold, the number of messages and inquiries received, those things. That’s my perspective, maybe others had it differently.
Now, it’s perfectly fine – even desirable, in my opinion – to adjust our level of awareness and readiness when that happens. I do that myself, too. That doesn’t mean, however, we should abandon the preparedness mindset and go fully into ‘normie mode’, or complacent in the slightest.
Things change. One day we have lockdowns declared over a virus, the next it’s martial law over some alleged threat to democracy. Then it’s fear of nuclear or civil war, or an imminent collapse of the financial system. It can be changes in the weather (we’re starting to have tornadoes here in Brazil – check out these images of a local Toyota plant after a storm this week).
What I mean is, there are favorable times to build bunkers, and there’s time when it’s better to strengthen our finances, or build a larger dry food stockpile, or a radio station. And so on. But whatever we build, we need to maintain – or risk losing it.
The best time to prepare is exactly when the situation is favorable.
It’s 2025, and the world is anything but normal. The situation is overall better than it was during the plandemic, but there’s enough evidence pointing out to hard times ahead. I’m sure you can feel it, everyone can.
I say that not to stoke fear, but to warn against complacency and normalcy bias. If we got a break, we should enjoy life a little more but keep preparing.
Some of those families I helped prepare kept the mindset and discipline. They’ve internalized the prepper mentality, sparing a little of their time and resources with diligence, to stay in shape and maintain everything they built in working order.
But others have slacked off and abandoned their preparations, neglecting their equipment.
A few months ago I started getting requests from some of those people, now interested in resuming their activities. I have no idea if this was a coincidence, or maybe something sparked it. There’s a lot going on right now so it could be something these people picked in the air.
That prompted me to write this article with some ideas and tips on the importance of regular equipment maintenance, and a few tips and ideas on what and how to do it.
There are two ways to ensure our equipment is always in tip-top condition.
My favorite is to put the stuff to use regularly, either by going out into the streets, the woods, the road, or at home. Real-life preparation for common folks. Those are all things I propose in my books, and I put my money where my mouth is.
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