In the prepping world, it seems like there are two very distinct and diverse philosophies you hear about more than any others.

You have the folks who want to fulfill a checklist and then go about their lives, blithely unconcerned because they are "prepped." They are. The book said so. They see no need to focus their lives on this or learn skills. They have stuff, and that is good enough for them.

Then you have the folks who savor the hardship. They absolutely cannot wait for the Big Blackout. If electricity might not be around later, why should they use it now? They've gotta learn to deal with hard work, and they might as well get started. They can do it. They can grow their own food, ride a bicycle to grind their own grain, and take cold sponge baths with well water. They, too, are prepped. They don't need a book to tell them so. They just know it, and some of them also know they're more prepped than YOU.

Then there's you. (Okay, it may not be you. It's actually me.)