Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Have You Shown Up Too Late To The Party?

 


Recently I've had a lot of emails lately from readers that are nervous about the current state of our economy, in particular the rising cost of fuel and groceries.  Our cost of living at the moment is staggering and for those that are on fixed incomes or haven't seen a pay raise in a good long time are worried and rightfully so.  When the pandemic first started in 2020 and people began to panic shopping and clearing shelves it was a wakeup call for a lot of us.  For others it just seemed like a temporary situation and no cause for alarm.  But as time has progressed things have not improved.  It has steadily become worse.

 


Some of my readers have told me they wished they had started a stockpile a couple years ago when I first mentioned it.  Now they fear it is too late.  It isn't.  If you haven't begun to stockpile and prepare for whatever the future has in store for us, I encourage you to start right now.  It is never too late to try to do whatever you can to put yourself in a better position in life.

 


I have written dozens of posts about prepping, financial preparedness, raising chickens and gardening (attempting), thrifty and all that it entails.  Use this blog as your resource library and take from it what you will.  And of course email me with your questions and concerns.  I'm happy to help however I can, even if it is simply to encourage you.  It is not too late.  Start right now.  Let's party on!

 

 

6 comments:

  1. Absolutely...get started! One cannot amass a retirement fund without that first dollar. Same goes for a pantry or larder as some prefer to call it. I know one blogger who saves $5 bills to pay a specific fund. It's a great start even if only 1 per month!

    Watch those sales and do NOT buy something you don't regularly eat. It's wasted $ if you don't enjoy it.

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  2. I don’t think it’s too late. Little by little adds up.

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  3. Never too late, and it doesn't have to happen all at once. A couple of extra cans or packages each shopping trip will add up. And absolutely what Elle said - if you don't eat something regularly, it doesn't belong in the pantry stash. In my case, that would be nasty starchy gross canned peas (love fresh or frozen peas though).
    Don't forget how to prepare the food - an extra bag of charcoal or grill tank, camp stove, maybe even a solar oven in case of extended power outage.

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