11 Tips To Organize Your Preps - Self Reliant Living

Today we are talking about some methods for organized prepping.
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Prepping vs Hoarding
Hoarding
Hoarding is when a person collects things that they typically don’t need, and stores them in excess around their house, apartment or storage building until this obsession begins to negatively affect their life.
One might also refer to someone who takes “All” of a scarce supply leaving none for others in need.
Prepping
Prepping is gathering items that will help you later down the road, or help you in the event of disaster, local or otherwise. As well as learning skills that have the same effect.
A prepper stocks up on supplies when there is no shortage and takes nothing “away” from people who need things in tough times.
Prep Organization
I believe the best preps are knowledge and skills. That being said there are times to stock up on certain items.
Therefore preppers tend to have preps that need to be organized.
11 Tips for Organizing Your Preps
Take Stock--Don’t just look around at what you have. Take an inventory! Actually, make multiple inventories. Make one for food, for water, for lights, for off-grid cooking gear, for bug-out bags, for seeds, and every other prep you have. It’s important to know what you have so you know what you need and what you don’t.
Make Time To Clean And Organize--Homes with a lot of preps tend to get cluttered and dusty. Make time to clean and organize what you have. This helps you with taking an inventory and knowing the location of things.
Make Room For Your Preps--You have to be practical here. You need living space, however you can also get creative and store things in unusual areas. Many people have made furniture that has storage space inside. You can store things under beds and in attics. Always be aware of the temperature food especially will not last long in extreme temperatures or extreme temperature swings.
Don’t Store Non Prep Items--If you want to store preps you might have to make some hard decisions. You may have to part with something that won’t do you any good in an emergency situation. It’s probably not doing you any good now, anyway. If you haven’t used it in 6 months then consider getting rid of it or donating it.
Get A System--There are a lot of organization systems out there. I like labeling things and storing things in transparent container so that I can see what’s inside the box. Consider storing like items together. Whatever system you decide to use, whether it’s color coding or inventory sheets, make sure you stick to it and continue to implement.
Create A Map With The Location Of Your Preps--Create a map to the location of your different preps. This will come in handy when you really need things and are too distracted to remember or too busy to rummage.
Create Your Own Kits --Consider creating your own kits for specific things. Create your own first aid kit, or your own car kit, or your own power outage kit. You can gather all the supplies you need or have needed in the past and make them into a kit.
Rotate--This is especially true with food. You should have a rotation system and stick to it. However, it’s a good idea with all consumables. Paper products get old after a few years, medical supplies expire, vitamins expire, and batteries lose their charge.
Don’t Store What You Don’t Eat--This is a big one that I know a lot of people are guilty of. Don’t store what you don’t eat or what you don’t like.
Keep A Shopping List--It’s great when things go on sale and it’s certainly a good idea to stock up when things go on sale, except if you really don’t need the item.
Keep Things In Their Place--An organization system is only as good as the person using it. If you don’t put things back in their place then you system or organization will not be usable and you’ll have a big mess to organize.
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