320: What Is Preparedness? The Mind4Survival Prepping Philosophy

September 1 marks the start of National Preparedness Month and the anniversary of the 1859 Carrington Event, the Coronal Mass Ejection that sparked telegraph lines and lit the night sky. In this first of 30 daily episodes, I define preparedness as all the efforts you take to ensure survival, minimize unwanted struggle, and live your best possible life, and explain why prepping begins with the decision to be your own first responder rather than with a shopping list. I lay out the month ahead, which climbs the Survival Pyramid from mindset to community. I also declared September 1st as National Preppers' Day.