Now is a good time to figure out which skills those in your tribe have,and which need to be learned.
Preppers often think in terms of extra supplies or equipment to survive an extended SHTF situation or even TEOTWAWKI. But at some point, those supplies will run out. And even if you chose the Lone Wolf prepper mode, at some point you are going to have to interact with other people. Very few preppers have the skills and lifelong experience to totally live off the land.
At some point, groups of people will band together. Some will have prior to the event, some after. For long-term sustainability, you better have some skill(s) that you are good at to barter with. And I don’t think stock brokerage would be a useful one. Once the initial chaos settles down, those who survive will need to be useful. So lets look at some of the skills or experience that would be useful to others that you might trade for what you need. I will group…
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