When you’re stuck somewhere like an evacuation center, a shelter, a hotel, even your in-laws’… boredom can turn a bad situation into an unbearable one. Games are a simple, tiny thing you can pack that help with morale, connection, and passing the time without screens. Especially with little ones. But you don’t need to default…
You don’t need a bunker. You just need to not be thirsty. Most people don’t think about water storage. And that’s fair! You probably have 24/7 running water, a grocery store nearby, and no desire to be the neighbor with five rain barrels and a tactical shovel. It’s a normal thing to not really think…
You don’t need to love sewing to be glad you fixed your kid’s backpack strap before it fully gave out or patched a hole in your only warm hoodie. You just need the bare minimum of skills (and gear) and the ability to tolerate about ten minutes of annoyance. Here’s how. Assemble a survival stitch…
There’s a very specific type of person who gets excited about MREs. You are probably not that person. And that’s fine ’cause unless you’re in a field tent or deeply into freeze-dried YouTube reviews, you don’t need military rations to be prepared. The goal isn’t to build a bunker pantry. The goal is to not…
Power’s out. It’s annoying. You don’t want to be a doomsday prepper, and you’re not about to drop thousands on a generator you’ll never figure out how to use. You just want to be slightly less miserable the next time your neighborhood goes dark and the Wi-Fi disappears into the void. This guide is for…
Let’s be real: most emergency kit checklists read like they were written by someone prepping for the fall of civilization, not a two-day power outage in the suburbs. Tactical backpacks. Canned bread. Flint strikers. A $300 “off-grid comms device” you’ll never use unless you’ve also buried a shipping container in the woods. You don’t need…
Look, we aren’t telling you to panic. That’s not our jam. But we’re not telling you to not panic. And given the current political climate and everything going on in the world – waiting until the shelves are empty and prices have doubled is a dumb plan. If tariffs are looming, supply chains are twitchy,…