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Originally Posted by redpoint5

Nailed it FC!

I can get behind preparedness and efficient use of resources.

One thing that boggles my mind is how unprepared most people are financially. If someone has had an adult job for a few years, they should have at least 3 months of cash on hand. That means one must always be living slightly below their income level. We have the reverse, with most people living beyond their income level; carrying $6k in credit card debt.

That's like reverse prepping, or unprepping.

I've finally gotten to the point where I can pay a little extra on things.

There's broad disaster SHTF scenarios, where we all wind up eating each other if we don't have a garage full of #10 cans of freeze-dried hamburger, and there's personal SHTF: layoffs, illness, etc. This latter can be prepared for just by socking a few extra bucks into each bill payment.

Okay, I'm a twit for not picking up that sweet sweet interest by keeping my savings in Savings. Sure, but what is that interest rate anyway? Not much where I live. I'm not missing much.

But if I had to stop paying my internet payment today, the credit that account has built up would keep my email going for over a year. You can do a lot of job searching, for instance, in a year. Tough to do without email anymore.

Somebody could steal a stash of cash, but my accrued credit with service providers is a little safer where it is. That's a different kind of prepping.