Preparing for the best case scenario

You deserve the best life has to offer. You have great potential, nearly unlimited opportunity and an intelligence that sets you above all other creatures.
I'm starting this off with some motivation.
I'm not trying to B.S. anyone. It's true.

Life isn't fair though. It can build you up and tear you down. Some of the smartest people have made the dumbest mistakes. Look at that 'golden voice guy' - he was a crack head bum; turned into a sensation over night and just like that he ruined it all.


I guess you shouldn't do things expecting to succeed or fail. Do things to make your life better.
I have over 3 months worth of food on hand. Not because I expect the world to end - that's betting on failure. I have it because it makes my life better even if nothing else goes wrong. Coffee goes on sale and I buy 3 months worth - I saved money. That way when I go for groceries and coffee isn't on sale I don't need to buy it. I'm sure it will go on sale again before my supply is out. If I had only bought 1 can and expected coffee to still be on sale when I needed it I would be betting on success.
So I'm betting on both and I'll come out a winner - even if something really successful happens!
I ran out of ketchup today, so instead of having to drive to the store I grabbed another container from the pantry. I still have 3 bottles left; I got them half price.

If you ask most people about having extra food on hand they think it is a dumb idea and they bet on the stores always being open and betting they can afford to buy it. If you went back in time 100 years they would think you were dumb for not having extra food on hand. Not because our great grandparents were worried about the current food crisis, financial crisis, oil crisis, water crisis or hop crisis.

They did it because they didn't want to have to worry about eating. Short of their house burning down they could provide food for their family for many months. They didn't pay money to house insurance companies because they had neighbour insurance - people who would take you in and help you rebuild because they knew you would do the same.

I have extra food on hand in case anything bad happens happens. Or anything good. So far the worst crisis that has hit me and caused me to really need stock from the hamper is lack of ketchup one morning. And most of the time that's all you will need the hamper for.
Building up a food supply to survive the end of the world is really kind of 'out there'. People have been saying it was going to happen for ever - its not a new concept. But there have been a lot of really let down people who bet on the worse and lost. But by preparing for 'no ketchup' events and bulking up on foods you eat regularly when they are on sale you save money. You are still saving up to have a Gramma level of food on hand and it saves you time from having to drive to the store and get it. Or if anything bad were to happen.
Don't buy 10 packs of Spam because it was on sale and lasts long; unless you like to eat Spam.

My wife and I are going to have a larger garden this year so we are going to store the extra away for winter. Especially vegetable mush for the baby. ;)
We aren't gardening in case the food supply disappears; but because the food tastes so much better. We aren't even doing it to save money but that happens also. But if the garden doesn't turn out we can still get food at the store.

I guess the moral is that you shouldn't expect for the worst. Bet on the best and worst case scenario. And to enjoy life.

I'm going to get back to more Do It Yourself stuff; I've been busy working all week and haven't had the energy or time to invest in this much.

My lil' wife is sick right now so I need to go take care of her.