If you spend any time in the preparedness world, you start noticing a pattern. There is always some new piece of gear being pushed as the thing you absolutely need. A tactical pen. A solar gadget. A giant survival knife. A plug-in box that supposedly protects your whole home from an EMP. A prebuilt bug out bag that promises peace of mind for the low price of one hundred bucks and your common sense. That is part of the problem with modern prepping. Buying gear feels like progr