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merlendechien's review
3.0
This book was insightful in the learn from my mistakes way. It also caused me to laugh and smile quite often with their personal funny stories. I can also relate to some of the mistakes made as I'm also learning to correct them and be prepared rather than hopefully I don't need to know these things.
The religion aspect of the book is a no for me.
The author seems to think you can only get protein from meat when in fact it's in everything of varying degrees this includes your fruits and vegetables.
When prepping I like many are on a limited income and already taking care of a child and a disabled adult. Buying products to also take care of my neighbors who are not preparing for themselves in any way is definitely the least of my concerns. From reading this I have seen that she has her husband's source of income her writing income as well as renting out rooms and one of her two houses as Airbnb. It seems as though she's finally learning to budget money and letting us know the mistakes we all often make in wasting money when there's so many free sources or cheaper sources of everything we partake, and should learn to do better.
Relying on your neighbor in times of a crisis when it comes to things you could be learning to do yourself now is bad. The author states that one of them is good at CPR and first aid and one's a good handy man but why not attempt to learn those things for yourself instead of relying on somebody else? With the internet, youtube, libraries a lot of us have access to we can and should be trying to learn.
For me the declutter now for a storage area is a good section. I am a decluttering clean person so I agree with that section. Author however states that she didn't stay on top of laundry very well and has been in a bind. This I do daily so that in the event of something I have clean clothing at all times as well as doing it daily means that there is no need for me to take my few free days and do this all day. Same with the dishwasher I was lucky enough to be able to install this year to save a lot of my time.
The author also seems to care nothing for those we would label as extremist preppers or long-term preppers. It seems like the goal of this book is just to prepare you for about 2 weeks instead of the possible month or even year that people have had to Bunker down or quarantine themselves for any reason as well as no source of water except for stores and imports.
This is the fifth prepper book I've read I find that there's one thing everybody seems to be missing from their medicine list. We should stock up on vitamins because in times where we are not able to get the proper nutrition from any food we can use vitamins as a supplement. Yes, they are not filling but at least we'd supplement a fraction of our required vitamin and mineral intake.
The religion aspect of the book is a no for me.
The author seems to think you can only get protein from meat when in fact it's in everything of varying degrees this includes your fruits and vegetables.
When prepping I like many are on a limited income and already taking care of a child and a disabled adult. Buying products to also take care of my neighbors who are not preparing for themselves in any way is definitely the least of my concerns. From reading this I have seen that she has her husband's source of income her writing income as well as renting out rooms and one of her two houses as Airbnb. It seems as though she's finally learning to budget money and letting us know the mistakes we all often make in wasting money when there's so many free sources or cheaper sources of everything we partake, and should learn to do better.
Relying on your neighbor in times of a crisis when it comes to things you could be learning to do yourself now is bad. The author states that one of them is good at CPR and first aid and one's a good handy man but why not attempt to learn those things for yourself instead of relying on somebody else? With the internet, youtube, libraries a lot of us have access to we can and should be trying to learn.
For me the declutter now for a storage area is a good section. I am a decluttering clean person so I agree with that section. Author however states that she didn't stay on top of laundry very well and has been in a bind. This I do daily so that in the event of something I have clean clothing at all times as well as doing it daily means that there is no need for me to take my few free days and do this all day. Same with the dishwasher I was lucky enough to be able to install this year to save a lot of my time.
The author also seems to care nothing for those we would label as extremist preppers or long-term preppers. It seems like the goal of this book is just to prepare you for about 2 weeks instead of the possible month or even year that people have had to Bunker down or quarantine themselves for any reason as well as no source of water except for stores and imports.
This is the fifth prepper book I've read I find that there's one thing everybody seems to be missing from their medicine list. We should stock up on vitamins because in times where we are not able to get the proper nutrition from any food we can use vitamins as a supplement. Yes, they are not filling but at least we'd supplement a fraction of our required vitamin and mineral intake.
tonyakubo's review
5.0
I have been fortunate enough to work on the launch of this book. Preparedness is not something I like to think much about. Sure...I want to be prepared for disasters and emergencies, but the idea of what that might take has always overwhelmed me.
But Kathi Lipp's step-by-step approach is like having a good friend holding your hand. In Ready for Anything: Preparing Your Heart and Home for Any Crisis Big or Small, there are projects to prepare you for everything from unexpected job loss and family crisis to disaster and sheltering in place.
And yet none of it induces a panic attack. It's just practical and encouraging.
I have found I'm more prepared than I realize and more capable than I know. Still working out all the suggestions in the book, but we are way more confident as a family than we were before tackling the projects in the book.
But Kathi Lipp's step-by-step approach is like having a good friend holding your hand. In Ready for Anything: Preparing Your Heart and Home for Any Crisis Big or Small, there are projects to prepare you for everything from unexpected job loss and family crisis to disaster and sheltering in place.
And yet none of it induces a panic attack. It's just practical and encouraging.
I have found I'm more prepared than I realize and more capable than I know. Still working out all the suggestions in the book, but we are way more confident as a family than we were before tackling the projects in the book.
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