Why Do We Only Prepare or Act After a Problem or Disaster?
When I did last night's, The 150th Post: Top 10 Most Popular Posts, I noticed that my post, Are You Prepared for a Natural Disaster? was number one again as it was in my post, The 100th Post: Top Ten Posts.
Needless to say, it got me thinking-- Why do we wait until the last minute? Here's what I think-- it is because we are:
- In denial
- Lazy in general
- Procrastinators at heart
- Too comfortable and take things for granted
What problems and disasters are we failing to act upon?
- Job loss
- Major expense
- Health or medical issue
- Weather disaster
- Power outage
- Service interruptions
- Financial debacles
What do we need to do?
- Think proactive
- Plan for problems
- Prepare things now
- Get preventative
- Schedule solutions in small chunks
Don't wait until the eleventh hour-- act today!
Posted by DDFD at 10/19/2008 9:46 AM 
Categories: Organizing, Homesteading, Self Sufficiency, Frugality, Simple Living, Personal Philosophy
Tags: Organizing Homesteading Self Sufficiency Frugality Frugal Self Reliance Simple Living Personal Philosophy
Categories: Organizing, Homesteading, Self Sufficiency, Frugality, Simple Living, Personal Philosophy
Tags: Organizing Homesteading Self Sufficiency Frugality Frugal Self Reliance Simple Living Personal Philosophy
The main reason we wait until the last minute is our reactionary culture. America has always been reactionary, and probably always will be - as a whole.
It's easier to manage a crisis because the choices are clear or they are made for you. Also, all the problems that are avoided through preparedness won't ever be seen, so it's hard to point out what didn't happen and therefore prove that preparedness works.
It is up to individuals to decide whether they are going to be proactive or not. Of course, my preparedness brings comments about being a survivalist, although I am not.
I am a thrivalist; one who desires to thrive under almost any condition. That requires planning, prioritization and preparedness.
Clair
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My own preparedness is often misunderstood-- I don't believe we are headed for the stone age, but service interruptions are always a possibility. Natural disasters are always a possibility. Financial hard times can be systematic as they are now or could be family or job specific.
Personally, I don't like to being exposed and being caught with my proverbial pants down . . . I always think of the expression, "You can pay me now or you can pay me later . . . " The latter always being more expensive, because you are usually in a desperate situation.
This is the driving factor behind my recent preventative maintenance program on our 100K+ miles automobiles . . .
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Maybe it’s because of the large variety of possibilities, so we don’t know what to get ready for.
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One can narrow the possibilities . . .
Basic food, clothing, and shelter . . . can be used across possibilities.
I think the biggest hurdle is naivety or denial or laziness . . .
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