1. Physical Survival
For example world wide famine is a possibility
in our future, so it would behoove one to store some non
perishable food. Natural or man made disaster may occur
close to home so one may prepare by having some survival
equipment such as gas mask, medical supplies,..firearm?
I think you get the point, I noticed a well know
survivalist had recently passed away, a well respected
person. Now he had sufficient preparations for a slew of
possible calamities and had even taught others but alas
he could not survive death in the physical sense and nor
can we. Again I can prepare for a mild chemical attack,
or blackout, or riots. But what if I contract some form
of cancer or disease? What if I invest a huge amount of
money and time in a fall out shelter only to be maimed
in a car accident. Further more what use does surviving
survival situations. 1 in terms of having a meaning, and
purpose to survive and 2 what does that person know in
terms of survival skills etc. There are many stories of
people in the same survival situation with the same odds
and dangers and one person or group survived and the
other did not, the difference is often attributed to the

2. mind. I heard Bear Grills point out while going through
the jungle that he was trained not to fight against it
(which would quickly exhaust and possible kill) but to
embrace the surroundings. The mind is a finicky thing in
some circumstances it may want to panicky when it should
relax. Panicking, say if one was forced to spend the
night outdoors in the cold would use up precious energy
and waste time. A person say, stuck in the wilderness
would want to orient themselves with their priorities
shelter, water, fire, food. If it was warm climate maybe
water would come first.
If you don’t have much money
building your own survival kit may be the way to go, I
have bought and sold a few and have found that I can put
together a nice one for relatively low amounts of money.
It seems that with non perishable foods such as rice and
beans or M.R.E’s that you may opt to buy the bulk non
perishable foods however you prefer meaning M.R.E’s may
not be the most efficient way to go there are plenty of
foods that are non perishable and long lasting and
nutritious, for some time I thought that M.R.E’s (meals

3. ready to eat used in the military) were the best way to
go. I am impressed with that kind of packaging and shelf
life but there are many similar items that are not as
expensive. Making a survival kit yourself can be fun, but
they do offer plenty of pre assembled kits in a variety
of forms, back pack or duffel bag or five gallon bucket
etc. I tend to make more of a medical kit when I shop as
I have a few tools for outdoor things. But if you would
prefer to save time and energy and get a nice survival
kit or emergency preparation type gear I have a nice
survival