I've been prepping where I can for years now but am starting to come to some pretty stark realisations. Sadly, these will probably make me prep less and less now.
- Being the only one in the family who does this/thinks about it and takes it even the slightest bit seriously. I think the family needs to be "on board" rather than one person almost stealth-prepping.
- Having had a look at suggested food amounts for a family of 4, there is no WAY in hell I would be able to store that much in my house. The amounts are HUGE in reality. I honestly think a few cans and extra grains are not going to touch it. (e.g 1 month for 4 people - 59Kg grains, 3 Kg canned meats, 11Kg beans/lentils etc, 9Kg sugar etc etc, water is HUGE amounts too)
- It is actually quite a costly thing for the possibility of never being "used" . (Which I agree is ideal, obviously).
I wouldn't abandon prepping altogether. I am obviously only talking about the full storage method here and this way just seems unrealistic for me. I think I might have to focus on prepping in a different way - learning how to provide/source our food (though I am the opposite of a green thumb), learning how to purify the water we have everywhere, trying to get something going "self sustainability" style, learning how to be clever with very little (war-time rationing level skills).
Has anyone else come to this conclusion? How are you working around it?