I have been told that my information on preparedness is overwhelming. I am sure that is true if you look at it all at once. I didn’t write it all at once. I have written it a paper at a time over the space of almost two years. You don’t have to prepare all at once either. Most people don’t have the time or the budget to do that, and if you try it is very possible you’ll become burned out. Preparedness is a process, not something you should do all at once and then cross it off your list.
Most commonly, people look at all there is to do and become paralyzed by overwhelm. Then they turn and run the other way by avoiding it. Once that happens it is easy to create all kinds of excuses or even become negative about preparedness. The results of avoiding preparedness are bad when a crisis comes.
Here is what I recommend. Start where you are. You can go with the theme for each month on this site or start with the area you think you need most. Many people like food storage, and some people think that is all of preparedness. However, I know people that specialize and do their best in some of the other areas. I recommend setting one goal in one area to accomplish every month. Make it something that is doable. Then celebrate when you have accomplished that goal and choose a goal for the next month. One goal is much better than overwhelm, and pretty soon you will find that a little bit at a time adds up in the end. It is surprising how well that works.
The 2020 papers are designed with exactly this idea in mind. While the 2019 guide is full of information, the papers for 2020 are designed mostly to give you ideas of goals you can set in the area highlighted each month. Some may require money to accomplish, but there are many was to prepare on the cheep. Yes, you can do this without overwhelm or “breaking the bank”. Just try.