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I go by Lance for short or lancestar2. A little bit about me is I guess I would fit into the catagory of "conspiracist" Let me say 1st that I live in Minnesota USA. For a while I was following politics very closely now not so much once I realized it's all corrupt BS. I was getting annoyed at people protesting and not feeling they have a voice and all while they continued to support the same BS. system that was the problem.
I started to want to do somthing major and to restore my morality and sense of doing something about it! I never protested but I watched tons of documentaries news stories ect ect. and discovered my way to protest the corruption! was to change the way I shopped! Granted I am a college student money is usually pretty tight! I had started switching to Dollar Tree store items such as dish soap, laundry soap, toothpaste, mouthwash, cleaning products and many others until I realized I really wasn't going to make a big impact doing that.
It started when I saw an video on how to make your own laundry soap!
I was floored at the savings compaired to brand name products you know the corrupt corporations/monopolies that are destroying the world! I still have a stock pile of products that I have to run through first but once I do I will be starting on making my own laundry soap, fabric softener, dish soap, hand soap, mouthwash, toothpaste (already made some and it was pretty good!) cleaning products and anything else I can expand on! I have also started washing my clothes in the bath tub because I live in an apartment and I get free water but they charge about $4.00 per washing/drying total so I think it has been a great experience I wash them in my tub then ring them out by hand and hang them in my apartment to dry!
I do live in an apartment and I do have a garage that I could store stuff in however being that I live in a state where it freezes I am really confused as to what I could use that space for!!! and no I don't want to have to move my stockpiled items inside for the winder and back out for the summer
The apartment place does offer a 10x20 or 10x10 plot for a garden if you sign up in the spring I didn't because I had recently moved. I am thinking I might give it a try next year so I have some time to plan where I am going to get my seeds and what I am going to plant and how I am going to store them and so on! I am feeling a bit overwhelmed because I want to make sure I do it right and it's all new to me!
I have also recently removed ALL wheat/ wheat flour produts from my diet because from my research they are not a healthy food as they are very addictive as well is sugar but for me I can control my cravings for sugar. I have gotten a dehydrator and only tried it out once to dehydrate some bannanas and they really have been lasting and are pretty ok snack!
I really hope I can learn more on what I should and need to do I really think that as I become an adult I should learn how to prepare for tough times. I don't live in a place where I go balls to the wall (I really wish I could and create a huge bunker say 2-3 burred shipping containers to keep it private :-D However if anyone has any good videos and advice for urban prepping I am very intrested in condensed ways to prep using every inch possible!
As of right now I have a gallon of water and about 40 packs or rawmen a weather radio/flashlight that is solar and crank powered. Plus my stock of cleaning supplies and stuff :lol: I guess it's a start but I am a single 27 yr old guy and I am not the best cooker but I do well with things I cook over and over with to get it memorized. I am hoping in a years time I will be much more educated and ready for anything. Also
I am really looking towards creating a lifestyle that is as much as possible 100% from the consumerism nation! (yes, I used to work customer service during the holiday season and that is part of my bitterness towards the consumerism lifestyle plus I feel it is a distraction for the masses) I will be checking out my local farmers market that is only going on during the summer months so it's a limited supply of food. I also would like to meet new people here and get to know others who think like me and become a member of a community. I get tired of talking to my zombie friends about who did what on the latest reality tv show :roll:
Hope everyone is well and hello all! :-D
I go by Lance for short or lancestar2. A little bit about me is I guess I would fit into the catagory of "conspiracist" Let me say 1st that I live in Minnesota USA. For a while I was following politics very closely now not so much once I realized it's all corrupt BS. I was getting annoyed at people protesting and not feeling they have a voice and all while they continued to support the same BS. system that was the problem.
I started to want to do somthing major and to restore my morality and sense of doing something about it! I never protested but I watched tons of documentaries news stories ect ect. and discovered my way to protest the corruption! was to change the way I shopped! Granted I am a college student money is usually pretty tight! I had started switching to Dollar Tree store items such as dish soap, laundry soap, toothpaste, mouthwash, cleaning products and many others until I realized I really wasn't going to make a big impact doing that.
It started when I saw an video on how to make your own laundry soap!
I do live in an apartment and I do have a garage that I could store stuff in however being that I live in a state where it freezes I am really confused as to what I could use that space for!!! and no I don't want to have to move my stockpiled items inside for the winder and back out for the summer
The apartment place does offer a 10x20 or 10x10 plot for a garden if you sign up in the spring I didn't because I had recently moved. I am thinking I might give it a try next year so I have some time to plan where I am going to get my seeds and what I am going to plant and how I am going to store them and so on! I am feeling a bit overwhelmed because I want to make sure I do it right and it's all new to me!
I have also recently removed ALL wheat/ wheat flour produts from my diet because from my research they are not a healthy food as they are very addictive as well is sugar but for me I can control my cravings for sugar. I have gotten a dehydrator and only tried it out once to dehydrate some bannanas and they really have been lasting and are pretty ok snack!
I really hope I can learn more on what I should and need to do I really think that as I become an adult I should learn how to prepare for tough times. I don't live in a place where I go balls to the wall (I really wish I could and create a huge bunker say 2-3 burred shipping containers to keep it private :-D However if anyone has any good videos and advice for urban prepping I am very intrested in condensed ways to prep using every inch possible!
As of right now I have a gallon of water and about 40 packs or rawmen a weather radio/flashlight that is solar and crank powered. Plus my stock of cleaning supplies and stuff :lol: I guess it's a start but I am a single 27 yr old guy and I am not the best cooker but I do well with things I cook over and over with to get it memorized. I am hoping in a years time I will be much more educated and ready for anything. Also
I am really looking towards creating a lifestyle that is as much as possible 100% from the consumerism nation! (yes, I used to work customer service during the holiday season and that is part of my bitterness towards the consumerism lifestyle plus I feel it is a distraction for the masses) I will be checking out my local farmers market that is only going on during the summer months so it's a limited supply of food. I also would like to meet new people here and get to know others who think like me and become a member of a community. I get tired of talking to my zombie friends about who did what on the latest reality tv show :roll:
Hope everyone is well and hello all! :-D