I get it. Emergency Preparedness is overwhelming.
I grew up in Houston - I’ve lived through many hurricanes. (In fact, my parents only live near me now because a hurricane destroyed my childhood home.) So while Emergency Preparedness isn’t exactly pleasant, I’m here to gently tell you it’s so necessary.
It’s not a matter of if a rainy day will come - it’s a matter of when.
If you missed it, HERE’S 10 easy things to do right now for emergency preparedness.
And I’m of the believer that something is better than nothing. There’s always more you can do to be more prepared for emergencies, so starting somewhere is all you need to do. Each year I think of other things I should do, and I slowly add a few things to our emergency stash as time and finances allow.
Here’s the five things I’m working on this year:
1) creating an emergency folder
post coming soon, but there are lots of good tutorials out there!
2) making a gooooood first aid kits for the airstream, for the home, for the car
see the post here!
3) taking an in-person cpr/first aid class
woooo, this has been on my list forever. and I keep putting it off. but this is the year Brett and I finally book one, invite friends, call it a Date Night, and get some serious peace of mind.
here’s what we keep on hand for first aid.
4) ordering a fire extinguisher, fire blanket, and choking rescue device
because two of my biggest fears are fires and choking. and ordering these three gizmos (and the aforementioned class) makes me feel a little more empowered.
this easy-to-use fire extinguisher because our current one is daunting
this fire blanket for quickly putting out kitchen fires
a second one of this life-saving device for choking
4a) learning how to use this life-saving device for choking
because I realized I never took the two seconds to look into how to use this gizmo.
5) increasing our Emergency Fund
I can’t stress this enough. Living below our means and consistently adding to our Emergency Fund is the only reason we called Brett’s lay-off (without any sort of severance) a “yucky time” instead of a catastrophe. We have a big, reassuring goal I’d like to hit in the next two years, and I’m hopeful a big chunk of that happens this year.
If you missed it, HERE’S 10 easy things to do right now for emergency preparedness.
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