So I’m still working on this months-long project of straightening things up and organizing better in the area where I store all my stuff. One of the things I have is racks of wire shelving where I keep my stash of canned goods. Although there’s plenty of different manufacturers of various can organizers, I usually wind up going back to the Shelf Reliance Cansolidator organizers. They are rather expensive for what they are, but, I have to admit, theyre quite durable and their modularity allowing them to be used to make long runs of cans is pretty sweet. But…dang theyre expensive. Yes, I could make my own with some 1×4’s and plywood but the Shelf Reliance versions allow me to reconfigure them endlessly as my needs change.
In addition to having to pick up a couple more of the Shelf Reliance uits, I also need to pick up a few more of the plastic black-n-yellow storage bins. CostCo has been selling the 27 gallon ones, and I have a stack of them, but it turns out CostCo is also selling the smaller 12 gallon ones as well, and theyre handy for stuff that you don’t have huge quantities of or are too heavy to fill a 27 gallon tote with.
And, in a final surrender to turning into a middle-aged man, I bought…a label maker.
Also, I discovered that the folks at repackbox.com no longer sell the cardboard box packaging kit for the long-term #10 cans of food storage. So, I need to head over to the LDS cannery some weekend and pick up some of the 6-can cardboard boxes.
Its a long process, but a deeply overdue one, doing this bit of reorganizing but its quite necessary. At some point I’m going to get that stupid land purchase crossed off my list and I’ll need to transport half this stuff there. It’ll be nice to have it organized enough that its a simple matter to just grab all those plastic totes and ammo cans and go.
Gotta say, though, I’d rather spend my weekends out at the range or something but when society descends into (further) chaos I’ll probably be glad I traded weekends at the range for getting my supplies and gear sorted out.
Discipline is a gift you give to yourself.
Yes it is. I like to call it paying future me. Can take a lot of stress out of everyday living. CZ, have you labelled your label maker
Whether or not you have to actually use all of your preps, it sounds to me like you managing your preps now, just in case you’ll need them, is something that gives you a lot of serenity and lowers your anxiety about getting done what needs to get done – THAT’S worth it’s weight in gold.
There is some peace of mind, no doubt. I will say, though, that I always envision the smaller EOTWAWKI occurring before the big one…in which case the money in the bank gives me huge peace of mind since I figure job loss, busted water heaters, transmission replacements, and root canals are going to happen more often and sooner than zombie apocalypses. But..when I start thinking about the upcoming zombie apocalypses, the food, fuel, ammo, comms, and other supplies definitely make me feel a bit more secure.
Is there an opposite of normalization bias? ‘Unnormalization bias’?
It could be said that normalization bias is cheaper in the short-term, while ‘unnormaliztion bias’ is…not cheaper, but possibly life-extending, which could be seen to be far more valuable than the resources invested to act on it.
Opposite of normalization bias would, I think, be ‘heightened situational awareness’.
Excellent. If only it was somehow contagious. 👍
A cool thing about ‘heightened situational awareness‘ is that we don’t all have to agree about what the situation is. Freedom reigns.
I’m starting to think that ‘money in the bank’ means a line of zeroes and ones on someone’s computer. Researched bank bail ins so now I’m pulling in PM’s and hard cash now, so now I get to worry about home invasion and burglary. sigh.
Following. So, you went and got a label maker machine. Good for you, as now you are termed “going pro” with this prepping stuff. It will help immensely in the process of your reorganization, to have nice crisp neat labels on things. The drudgery of doing that administrative accounting and warehouse housekeeping is helpful in purging out outdated or mission changed gear or finding gaps in inventory to attend to. These tasks are indeed as important to the the big picture survival wise as pulling triggers on guns and playing army guys in the woods on a weekend. Being stacked and staged in orderly manners help to stay frosty out there.