Tag Archives: Being ready for whatever comes next

Readiness: Getting ready Part 4: What does readiness look like in the end?

Posted on 5 October 2010 by dlhitzeman

For me, the end state of readiness is that my everyday life won’t change much if local, national, or international circumstances suddenly change. Of course, that kind of readiness is almost impossible to achieve, especially in the face of an event like a natural disaster, but I believe it is possible to come close, and […] Continue reading →

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Readiness: Getting ready Part 2: Items to consider in a readiness plan

Posted on 23 September 2010 by dlhitzeman

One of the aspects of readiness that separates it from what most of us consider normal life is that it forces us to look at our priorities and reduce life to the several items that are really necessary for our everyday existence. While I argue that these several items are the only items one should really focus […] Continue reading →

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Readiness: Getting ready Part 1: Coming up with a readiness plan

Posted on 16 September 2010 by dlhitzeman

From my point of view, if someone is ready for whatever comes next, then having a readiness plan isn’t really necessary because not much will change from times of normalcy to times of crisis. Unfortunately, most of us are far from being in that state of readiness, so having a plan is a necessity. The […] Continue reading →

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Readiness: Being prepared for whatever comes next

Posted on 14 September 2010 by dlhitzeman

For many people, hearing about readiness evokes images of a small cache of bottled water and energy bars in the basement or of wild-eyed survivalists in western states hunkered down in caves with a year’s supply of dried foods. While both images have some elements of what readiness might entail, they both miss the fundamental […] Continue reading →

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