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[–] Negro_Nazi ago 

The chickens are 6 weeks old now. The chicken coop is working great. Stayed sober, no beer, no weed. Worked out. Harvested some tomatoes,corn and beans.

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[–] visionwu2019 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Started to build a go bag with supplies to survive 3-4 days

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[–] samc_PMN ago  (edited ago)

Serious question: what is something I can do if I have no time? I have no time for many weeks. I like using the weekly threads to do something, do anything - only something I definitely would not have ordinarily done though, not something like exercising. I barely even have time to buy one extra serving of food at the store to stockpile.

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[–] 13347404? [S] ago 

You'd have to elaborate. Are you always on the go, always working alot? Are you transient? I work 60 hours a week, go to school full-time and have 5 kids under 10. I still reload, garden, read for pleasure, build holsters out of kydex, and do alot of cooking now that I'm on keto. The biggest thing that helped me manage myself better was getting a day planner going and cutting out TV.

To me it sounds like you need to focus on freeing up time for yourself if you're that overwhelmed that even mentally tracking excess in your pantry is an issue.

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[–] samc_PMN ago 

What is your current BMI, if you don't mind me asking? What are your hours of sleep per night and hours of sleep opportunity per night? I'm very interested in whatever I can learn from people who get huge amounts done every day.

I'm not saying it's very hard to be healthy while being very hard-working. Plenty of people are extremely productive and still get 7-9 hours of sleep per night like Tim Ferriss and are normal-weight like Jeff Bezos.

I listened to Dr. Walker, a sleep expert, on the Joe Rogan podcast and he said something interesting about Reagan and Thatcher. Both prided themselves on sleeping very little and both got dementia.

What are your three best tips for getting lots of things done? Or your one-page summary or something?

For example, here's what Ferriss recommends. https://tim.blog/2013/11/03/productivity-hacks/

Maybe reading blogs too much is where all my time goes.

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[–] samc_PMN ago  (edited ago)

garden

Done.

That reminds me of something.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Basin-Indian

Great Basin Indian

More than 200 species of plants were named and used, principally seed and root plants.

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Children began to learn about and participate in the food quest while very young.

I already turned this article into an audio file (using Balabolka) to listen to while walking, biking, hiking, and working out to go along with all my other audio learning files. This was for personal interest though not prepping.

I just spent 5 minutes beginning a new audio file devoted solely to prepping.

I found this: http://www.wolfcollege.com/stinging-nettle-harvesting-processing-and-recipes/

Stinging Nettle the first leaves emerge from snow or soil in late January (in the Pacific Northwest). The leaves and stem are vibrant green and pubescent (hairy), sometimes with a hint of purple. As the nettle grows, the strongly serrate/toothed margins or edges of the leaves become more evident. Each leaf has a twin on the opposite side of the erect central stem and they’re arranged such that one pair is in the 12 and 6 o’clock positions.

While biking today, I made a quick plan to make 200 entries about edible and useful plants, turn them into audio files, and slowly memorize them over time. They'll each be about 30 seconds long. Once I'm done, I'll be able to talk for 1.7 hours about edible and useful plants of the pacific northwest. I should know the same things as an Indian and start forgetting the things I've been taught to make room, if necessary.

Yes, I'm a transient. I just a bought a 1990 Jeep Cherokee yesterday though to live in so now I'll have more time. That choice of vehicle was partly motivated by prepping concerns.

So that's entry number one.

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[–] SharpSliceOfMango 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Got 80 liters of fuel for my generator.

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[–] giantthrobbingcock 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Decided to standardize on 7.62 NATO instead of 7.62x39. Mostly due to my pretty rural location, and availability I've had to build my defense around x39 and x54r. Since we've gotten a new legal interpretation of what's an AR-15 and what's not, we've gotten a bunch of new guns so it's time to move up from Russian surplus.

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[–] jamesed 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Well I slaughtered a 750 Angus steer last month. (14 days hanging in a 40 degree F. cooler to age.) Then last week I cut up the meat and made a lot of salt spiced beef which I canned. (That is the traditional recipe for Corned Beef) Then I canned a lot more of it. Made a bunch of dry beef sausage, put in a hard wood smoker to make smoked sausage (when put up in air tight vacuum packed warping that stuff will last for ever). What I didn't can I gave away to a local charity. IT THAT ENOUGH?

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[–] Gravspeed 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Not much as i should