This thread confuses me a little in that it seems to be about planning for disasters or breakdown of modern society or similar. I don't think that's as likely a scenario as inflation putting a squeeze on personal finance. Prepping for that IMHO starts with tracking where you're at now.
Do you track your incoming and outcomings? Have you spotted your wasteful spend? Have you looked into your energy use? Which devices/appliances are wasteful or not needed? You can get devices that measure appliance electricity use so you can see what's wasteful. Timers on your sky TV box so it's not on when you're not going to be in using it will save the cost of the timer in one month. Turn microwaves off completely when not using it, I've done that for some time because of an obsessive need to zero the timer if cooking is stopped mid timer, saving electricity is a positive side effect and excuse for it.
IMHO reducing waste is good for your financial situation and the environment so that's one prepping that we should all do. The hoarding of food, fuel, wood, use of woodburners, making own clothes, stocking up on tools, etc are really not of interest to me because i don't expect societal breakdown. However my big decision we're looking into is whether the really good FiT payments from our solar panels are a better bet than electrical storage. If we get a battery I think the FiT payments will stop so will it mean our finances loose out.
Another thing is to get a better job and one that hopefully allows for home working. As I said, my prepping is about coping better with the inflation issue. A better job is a good prepping action for that I reckon.
Do you track your incoming and outcomings? Have you spotted your wasteful spend? Have you looked into your energy use? Which devices/appliances are wasteful or not needed? You can get devices that measure appliance electricity use so you can see what's wasteful. Timers on your sky TV box so it's not on when you're not going to be in using it will save the cost of the timer in one month. Turn microwaves off completely when not using it, I've done that for some time because of an obsessive need to zero the timer if cooking is stopped mid timer, saving electricity is a positive side effect and excuse for it.
IMHO reducing waste is good for your financial situation and the environment so that's one prepping that we should all do. The hoarding of food, fuel, wood, use of woodburners, making own clothes, stocking up on tools, etc are really not of interest to me because i don't expect societal breakdown. However my big decision we're looking into is whether the really good FiT payments from our solar panels are a better bet than electrical storage. If we get a battery I think the FiT payments will stop so will it mean our finances loose out.
Another thing is to get a better job and one that hopefully allows for home working. As I said, my prepping is about coping better with the inflation issue. A better job is a good prepping action for that I reckon.