(upd 1/3/18) Article - How To Prep For … Throwing In The Towel

[TWP]

This is a multi-part article and I will update this post as other parts become available.

Part 1 - https://survivalblog.com/prep-throwing-towel-part-1-dr-tennessee/

Part 2 - https://survivalblog.com/prep-throwing-towel-part-2-dr-tennessee/

I fall in the older demographic which is (IMO) the primary target of the author.  If you are NOT in that demographic, but hope to last long enough to join us, DO READ this set of articles...

It should come as no surprise that, at some point, you will be faced with the need to re-evaluate your overall plan and your position within that plan...  The author calls it "gut check time" and I think that is very appropriate.

Noting the title, I am NOT ready to "throw in the towel" in the sense of giving up my prepping efforts.  Some things take longer and some priorities change.  Expect this.

I DO ADVISE that you expect and plan for changes in how your abilities and capabilities will change as you age.

I hope this article will offer some advice on how you handle aging and other changes in your expectations.

PS: DO READ THE COMMENTS WHICH FOLLOW THIS ARTICLE !!!!!!  You're not alone.

[owldancer]

Getting older is a problem in so many ways.
But like one person said I would like to at least take out some of the bad guys first.
Maybe then it will make it easier for some good people to survive.

[TWP]

With respect, I don't want to become the aggressor but rather the defender.

My plans and preps are built around this approach.

If those plans make me a poor choice in targets for non-preppers, then that is a consequence which they fail to consider...  That is poor planning on their part.

My plan is to NOT be available / visible as a target.

We all look at prepping from our individual points-of-view.

[owldancer]

I will not look for trouble and do my best to get out of Chicago to one of a number of places.

I cannot move real fast anymore, and I would rather survive.

That said, if forced to, I will defend myself and my family as best as I can.

My wife (and therefore my son) will not want to move away until it may be to late.

So I will do the best I can.

[TWP]

owldancer;  I can't say I envy you living in Chicago right now.

I hope you can present a good argument to your family to get out now, as opposed to later...

Sadly, I don't see any quick fix for Chicago's problems and I see those same problems occurring in other cities around the world.

Don't give up.  Perhaps show them better alternatives, more attractive places to live.  Whatever will work.

[TWP]

Part 2 is linked in my original post, below.