The start of a new year is the perfect time to take stock of where you stand in your preparedness journey and set achievable goals for the year ahead. As a prepper, it’s important to continually improve your readiness for any emergency, whether it’s natural disasters, power outages, or unexpected disruptions. By setting clear and attainable resolutions, you can ensure that 2025 is the year you truly take charge of your preparedness and equip yourself and your family for whatever comes next.
Stocking Up on Supplies: Building a Strong Foundation
One of the first steps toward preparedness is ensuring you have all the necessary supplies to survive a crisis. Stockpiling food, water, and essential goods is vital to safeguarding your family during emergencies. Make sure your pantry and emergency kits are well-stocked and organized.
A comprehensive 30-day food supply that includes a variety of freeze-dried meals. It’s designed for long-term storage and is perfect for prepping for an emergency.
Offers a similar variety to Augason Farms but in a more compact and lightweight design for easier storage. Perfect for emergency situations where space is limited.
Convenient, pre-packaged bottled water that is ideal for stocking up in your emergency kit. It’s readily available and perfect for immediate use during any emergency.
A collapsible, BPA-free container for storing your own water supply. It’s portable and flexible, ideal for when you need to store larger quantities of water in a compact space.
Learning New Skills: Boosting Your Self-Sufficiency
Preparedness isn’t just about supplies—it’s also about knowledge. Take the time in 2025 to learn new survival skills that will increase your self-sufficiency and help you stay calm and resourceful when things go wrong. Some essential skills for preppers include:
Gerber Bear Grylls Fire Starter
A reliable fire starter that helps you learn how to create fire in any situation. It’s compact, durable, and designed for wilderness survival.
All Purpose First Aid 360-Piece Survival Kit
This first aid kit includes 360 pieces designed to help treat injuries in emergency situations, making it an essential item for learning survival first aid.
Adventure Medical Kits Sportsman Series
A specialized first aid kit designed for outdoor enthusiasts, covering a range of injuries from minor to serious.
The Ultimate Survival Manual
A comprehensive guide that covers essential skills such as fire-starting, shelter-building, and first aid, making it a must-have for those new to prepping.
Creating a Family Emergency Plan: Communication is Key
When disaster strikes, having a well-thought-out emergency plan can make all the difference. It’s not just about stocking up on supplies, but also ensuring that your family is prepared and knows exactly what to do.
Designate a meeting point: In case of an evacuation, decide on a meeting spot where your family can gather. Choose a location that is easy to get to and away from potential hazards.
A lightweight, compact satellite communicator that offers two-way messaging, GPS tracking, and an SOS feature, perfect for staying connected during emergencies when you’re off the grid. It works worldwide and is ideal for outdoor adventures and prepping for situations with no cellular service.
A set of two-way radios that can be used for communication in areas without cell service. These radios are perfect for coordinating meeting points and ensuring family members stay in contact during an evacuation.
Ensures your devices are charged, including your phone or satellite communicator, during an evacuation. It’s essential to keep communication devices operational, especially in areas with no power.
Develop a communication plan: Ensure everyone knows how to reach each other. In today’s world, cell phones are our primary communication tool, but they won’t always work in an emergency.
This device allows you to send and receive messages, track locations, and even send an SOS signal, making it a vital communication tool for emergencies when cell service is unavailable.
Besides weather updates, this radio has a built-in flashlight, hand crank, and ability to charge small devices, which makes it a great tool for maintaining communication during power outages.
A set of rugged, reliable radios with up to 35-mile range. These radios can be linked to a smartphone app to help your family track each other’s location during emergencies.
Practice drills: Conduct regular drills with your family so everyone knows what to do during an emergency. This could be anything from practicing evacuations, to using your emergency kit, or going over your fire-starting techniques.
A comprehensive first aid kit designed for practicing emergency medical responses. Perfect for ensuring your family knows how to treat injuries in case of an emergency.
A first aid kit that includes all the necessary tools for practicing and learning how to handle medical emergencies, making it an essential part of drills and preparedness.
A versatile radio with multiple power sources (hand crank, solar, battery), making it great for including in your drills to ensure everyone knows how to get important information during power outages or when standard communications are down.
Address mental health: While physical preparedness is important, mental preparedness is equally crucial. Ensure that your family is emotionally ready to handle stressful situations by talking about possible emergencies and providing reassurance.
A wearable device designed to help with stress and anxiety management during high-pressure situations. It uses thermal sensations to help calm the body and mind during emergencies.
While not directly related to prepping, these noise-canceling headphones can help your family members manage stress during loud, chaotic, or high-stress situations, helping to maintain mental clarity during emergencies.
A great way to relax and alleviate stress during a high-pressure situation, especially when comfort and mental clarity are essential. It’s not directly emergency-related but useful in managing stress when practice drills or evacuations are over.
Setting Realistic and Achievable Prepper Resolutions
The key to success in preparedness is setting resolutions that are realistic and achievable. While it’s important to think big, don’t overwhelm yourself by trying to do too much at once. Here are a few actionable resolutions you can work toward in 2025:
Goal 1: Build or replenish your emergency kit: This could involve purchasing new supplies, upgrading your first aid kit, or adding useful tools like FosPower Emergency Solar Hand Crank Radio or Sengoku HeatMate Portable Kerosene Heater.
Goal 2: Master one new skill every quarter: In the first quarter, focus on learning fire-starting; in the second, take a first aid course; in the third, practice self-defense or security techniques; and in the fourth, learn food preservation methods.
Goal 3: Conduct at least two family emergency drills: Ensure everyone is on the same page by practicing your emergency plans twice during the year, adapting them as needed.
Goal 4: Assess your home’s vulnerability and fortify it: Whether it’s reinforcing your windows for storm season or upgrading your home’s water filtration system, take a systematic approach to improving your home’s preparedness.
Conclusion: Ready for 2025 and Beyond
As we step into 2025, take a moment to reflect on your preparedness journey. The new year offers a fresh start, and it’s the perfect time to focus on what matters most—keeping you and your loved ones safe, self-sufficient, and resilient in the face of adversity. Whether you’re new to prepping or a seasoned pro, make 2025 the year you take your preparedness to the next level. Set clear, achievable goals, and remember: each small step you take is one step closer to being truly ready for whatever the future may bring.
