Doomsday planning for less crazy folk
The major thing overlooked here is mindset. After 14 years in the military and experience with several armed conflicts and humanitarian disasters, I have seen that pretty much all your plans and preparation will go out the window, so you need to learn to move adapt and improvise.<p>If you&#x27;re going to survive any contingency scenario you need to be resilient, excruciatingly innovative and mentally tough. Think more like MacGyver and less like Dr Strangelove.<p>Be minimal, learn how to forage and scavenge, learn how to blend in and get along and take nothing for granted.<p>The most successful trait I&#x27;ve seen in survivors it&#x27;s to know when to stay put and when to move. Whether it&#x27;s hiding from a mob or a bear, or finding a different county or state to go to.<p>Take risk when necessary but not unnecessarily.<p>Again, having the right mindset, through intentional training is the key. There are all kinds of survival schools and the best ones will teach you this. I suggest adventure traveling as a start. That means you go someplace with no plans and the most minimal of supplies.<p>Edit to add: The key problem with most prepper folks and this article is that they take an approach of &quot;alone and unafraid.&quot; Things like stocking up for months and having all kinds of weapons. In practice this is just a great way to get your cache raided by a group of scavengers. In reality you need to find or create a small community of survival minded people that can work together successfully over a long period with a variety of skills. As humans we need groups for survival, so the best bet in a crisis is to build a resilient flexible community until things settle down.