I'm very interested in your evaluation of ebikes. I remember you saying that you'd do a comparison video on your very favorite. Did I miss it or is it yet to come? Appreciate all your research and calculated advice. Blessings
Dont be so quick to tell Rocky to sush when he barks, he is sensing something. Just check first and let him know everything is ok. He is your protector.
My grandmother sold eggs from her chickens when times were hard. My other grandmother was married to an owner/operator of a small grocery, about the size of a 7/11 store. He carried many families on his books, not cutting them off of credit for groceries, during the depression. There were 400 people at his funeral.
I'm 73, and I think most people under 65 think another "Great Depression" will be as "liveable" as that of the 1930's for those who live in suburbs or rural areas - everything outside the unliveable cities - but it won't be so. That era had very little crime due to the morality of most people. Most people respected the law and respected other people. I can't imagine the hellscape that will burst forth when things fall apart. Look at how bad it is now with ongoing looting of stores, mugging of citizens, and the violent rioting of the past few years. No one anywhere will be spared the extreme hardships of life. You won't be able to go outside your own home and travel via any method to buy anything unless you go in packs to fend off feral thieves and murderers. When they are done with cities, they will come for the suburbs. Hyperbole????? We'll see. But we've already seen it in cities across the US.
I agree. I think that only the extreme pessimists will not be surprised by the depth, duration and resulting consequences of this calamity. We have forgotten how to work together as a society. To learn mutual cooperation will take at least a generation or more. And even if there is only a 1 in 4 chance of this happening, that's huge.
I've followed you for years now. You helped me so much after my divorce, particularly financially, but I've always been inspired by your home and car maintenance skills as well. I adopted your moto, "do what you can with what you got!". I recently changed my own struts!! And have gotten good at all my oil changes, lawn mower tuneup and maintenance, and my home maintenance. It's my goal to never depend on anyone again. The only person I can truly count on is myself. Just wanted to thank you for all you do❤
He is talking like you are. hahaaha! Most people that do a bare bones diet is not even close to bare bones. We can no longer eat out, we just did for a few days while I decluttered because no room to cook. Paid for it with rest room trips. Same here we do not eat a lot of salt and fats. The food was so salty it was all we could taste. I do not do a no spend month every time I do we end up on replacing the a/c, had to buy a new car other one bite the dust, (not brand new but new to us), every time something major goes wrong. I just challenge myself to do things cheap. We got lack about it lately so need to start over. I am downsizing and getting rid of stuff. I am donating it to a place who rns a thrift store for homeless people. I am ashamed of myself how much junk I have.
I got rid of my car,Tv, cable, go to food pantries , I live on so much less. I garden 🪴 make My Own plant based medicine. Working On my gardening skills.
I know how you feel, I live in Costa Rica and I eat clean food and when I go visit in the United States so they eat somewhere in a restaurant it feels like I'm eating a salt lick or something lol
I had $52 in my Amazon cart. Started watching this and immediately deleted the items and tried to cancel $32 that hadn’t shipped but it was too late. Going bare bones thanks to you. On the e-bikes, what would keep people from not returning them to you?
I can make a kickass lentil barley and vegetable stew. Costs bare bones to make and I would sell it, not at a huge profit but enough to make money and cheap enough for those without much money. That's my skill. I would also sprout seeds for greens and nutrition. Grow mushrooms and potatoes and never be hungry. Currently growing stone fruit trees, grapes, mango tree and avocado tree. Not succeeding with the berries. Too warm here I think. Fun video Prepper Princess. Keep em coming please.
You've created a great and secure life for yourself. Congratulations. Unfortunately I was not taught how to manage money. I'm 72 without savings, just living on my Canadian and Quebec pensions. Medicare is covered by the government. Great job Prepper Princess. I admire you.
@@sjbutler2330 that’s not a nice thing to say. You do not know someone’s circumstances in life!!! Hopefully you don’t lose it all and someone says the same to you.
I already live off grid....1 must pay bill.....property taxes once a year....ya ready?!?.. $67.00 per year. .13 acres no structures considered "permanent"...I have a multitude of skills soooo anything from artistry to chainsawing....I'll be ok.
When I am single I live like this. My husband is 29 years older than me so I know if the rapture doesn't happen and the Lord tarries I will need to again, likely. Food: WM old fashioned oats big canister. Peanut butter. Rice. An occasional cheap snack and green like spinach. Transportation: Walk. Insurance: None. Rent: Sucks but under 1000. TV: No. Internet and phone: Yes. Kids: Thank God I never had any. I am 42.
Living cheap advice? Simple, advise folks basically one simple direction. Get out of debt and stay out of debt. Credit cards are the doom of the country. Simple as simple. If you don't have the cash, you can't afford it.
“If you don’t have the cash, you can’t afford it” is exactly how I approach using credit cards as well. I’m not sure how the disconnect happens with people not realizing you have to pay them off monthly, so if the money isn’t in the bank it can’t go on the card either.
I've sold my condo and have decided to buy my childhood home from my mom for cheap and it's gonna take a lot of work. It's been empty for less than a year but most likely I'll be using a bucket, showering at the hospital fitness center, and using a generator for at least a month while I get the house empty, cleaned out, and utilities straight. I'm excited for this challenge. I'm going to try some solar. Your videos have been very inspiring for the last couple years that I have been watching.
That’s for posting your videos. I’m a 62 yo disabled woman, who is going through a divorce. I’m starting to cut all the extras. Tomorrow I’m dropping off my cable equipment and closing my account. I’m trying to figure out expenses, just in case I get rooked and he doesn’t have to give me any funds. (We were married 14 years and I became disabled in 2017). Either way I want to save as much as possible- and I will be binge watching your videos!
Wow that registration is very high for an old car like that. And I thought my registration was high for a 14-year old car, I pay $157.00. There was a time when the fee would go down the older your car is. Not anymore 😢 I keep my cars until they completely fall apart and would cost more to fix than just buy another one. Although I’ve never had a 25-year old car, but I do more driving. My last car was an 18-year old car and had well over 300,000 miles on it. I donated it to a charity because I wasn’t willing to spend anymore money on it.
Love this idea about making it a game. It reminds of the novel “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith. Dad was a day laborer who would drink away his wages before he would come home and you didn’t know when he would come home. The mom plays a game with her kids called “The North Pole” game. They were explorers stranded at the North Pole waiting to be rescued (Dad shows up with some cash). So they would do things like only heating the kitchen or they would find creative ways to stretch their food costs. Getting a soup bone with just a little bit of meat on the bone to add flavor to soup. The kids would collect bottles and other things to take to the trash picker for pennies. Sit in the dark instead of using lighting. Bartering with neighbors. While this sounds tragic, it demonstrates what you can do in a crisis. Why not play the game while you are not in a crisis and save money now?! BTW - This episode was informative and funny. Love your relationship with your dogs.
I've started getting laundry room cast-offs of good fabric quality and cutting them up to make other things, like my latest Sherlock Holmes hat. When we were really broke one year, I knit scarves and hats for nieces and nephews for Christmas. Also, there's a study that shows belonging to Amazon Prime gives people a false sense of economy from the free shipping, and they wind up spending more than if they weren't Amazon Prime members.
I just paid my car registration $536 for a 15yo car with 60,000kms. That's Australian dollars & the discounted amount for a pensioner. Vehicle age has nothing to do with price here! Yr registration is so cheap!
Since you eat clean - it’s hard to eat in a restaurant that uses all kinds of things to make food. I get sick too- iI need to eat at home because then I know what is in my food and that it’s clean!!!
I'm not sure if this is available where you are at, but I just changed from Mint to Boost. It is the same service, but it's $8.99 per month instead of $15.
I grew up poor eating only at home and eating clean country food, and i always got sick eating out. Now we only cook at home and I still get sick if we try to eat out! Only order coffee when out (and that’s rarely).
My only disagreement with your reasoning is many many people would be in the same position and start foraging, so it might not be an option. And if fruit trees are in your front lawn expect them to be stripped by desperate people. You could also rent out your excessive solar generator systems by the day. Cell phones still can call emergency services. But they need a charge. So you could charge phones for a fee.
Love the worst case scenario game! With practice- you know how to think through the worst case. The bonus is saving some extra cash to actually prepare for the worst case scenario! It's a win - win. Unless you're my wife. She doesn't always appreciate the worst case scenario game.
Watching your vids keeps me on track. I was dying to get food while I was out today running errands, but I didn't and waited till I got home and cooked a great meal and I'm so glad that I did. Eating out is not only expensive, but annoying with people expecting to be tipped for anything and everything. Loving your house. Great job.
In an economic collapse situation, everyone else is gonna be in the same boat, so everyone else is gonna be picking fruit and collecting wood for fuel. It could potentially get quite nasty. Hope it never happens, I don't think it will anyway.
Reality, Picking fruit and fire wood? Nope .I've had this discussion with my eldest son. He thinks he'd because he can hunt. I said no. because everyone else who hunts will be doing the same, so real quick there will be no game to hunt. Fire wood, same thing. I heat with fire wood and have a good supply. However, other know that, so I'd have to sit on the pile with a gun or it would be gone in one night. Think about it, reality. Preppers with bunkers. Same thing. We know he's got food and women. They'd go after that quick. Reality folks. Sorry just being realistic.
If the bottom truly falls out, you won’t be comfortable. You won’t be able to close your eyes and rest. You’ll be in constant defense mode trying to defend what you have from other people that desperately want it. Now, if you simply fall on hard times and need to mostly live off the grid, you’ll be fine.
@@PrepperPrincess lol! I do neither. I’m frugal too, and that’s why I like your channel. What I said does make sense though. In rough times you’d do really well. In terrible times, like really bad survival type scenarios, we would all suffer. No medicines, doctors, police… that’s what I’m saying. I see lots of UA-cam preppers not just talking about a down turn in the economy, but seriously talking about doom and gloom survival. I wasn’t attacking you, but your reply makes me think you thought I was. Sorry if it felt that way.
BTW they sell very little 250w electric heaters that can be put UNDER a terracotta clay pot to keep ONE room warm in the winter. Line the room with rugs along the windows and doors and it will keep that room warm. Also set rocks on top of clay pot to warm them up too, sleep with them in bed.
Eating clean is great, until you do eat something that isn't and then you realise how much your tolerance for processed food has gone down and you wonder how some people chow down 3 takeaways a day! There are certain foods I can't eat any more without getting a reaction to it and I don't even consider myself a clean eater, but I mostly cook from scratch and that has made a difference.
I have one persistant issue with statements like these that you make. Its because of the simple fact that if things did get as bad as you stated "example the great depression". Lawlessness will take over and the sensible side of what you say you will do goes out the window. Families that have firearms arent going to starve without atleast trying to rob a store or person or persons. I know you dont get down with alot of the "prepping" side of people like me who value firearms and ammo as money. Heres a challenge serious question. Lets say it is the worst it has ever been as you state in this video. YOu have all your solar hooked up and your the only one on your block who has lights and goes about your day like normal. Im willing to bet that you will become a target and fast. My point is you talk about your comfort level in a NORMAL living experience when everyone else is hunting squirrels and robbing people. If you get down to the BAREBONES like you said its game over for everyone.
At least 10 houses on my block have solar. I have enough to share. I would share with my neighbors on both sides with an extension cord. You talk about lawlessness. In a great depression, there are still police. There is still a justice system. In the great depression, 70% of people still had jobs. Believing that people are going to come after you and steal YOUR stuff above all else is a grandious sense of self. What makes you SO IMPORTANT to the rest of the world that they are going to come after you. In the great depression, everyone was in the same boat. Nobody had money and everyone knew that nobody else had money either. That is why they worked together. Think of the day after 9/11. Our country could have easily went into anarchy. It didn't. Why? Because everyone was in the same boat. In a great depression, you really think people are going to be doing nothing but hunting squirrels and robbing people? That is a comic book story plot where you get to be the hero that makes it beyond anyone else because of your guns. That is not the way the world works. Have you studied how robberies really work? Did you even know that 70% of robberies take place during the day between 10am and 3pm? Didn't think so. I simply don't care that you have a problem with my way of thinking. It is a logical way of thinking while your thinking is based on fear and violence. And just FYI, I have lots of guns. But I choose not to use them unless I have to. Seems like you want an excuse so you can use yours to kill someone or prove your manhood. I have nothing to prove.
@@PrepperPrincess This is a different world than the 20s. To compare the 2 is like comparing coke vs water. The times we live in are vastly different than the world you are touting. You are getting very defensive over a different point of view, how very california of you. I wasnt attacking anyone with that statement just painting a different picture. One that I believe is more likely if your "scenario" were to play out. You vastly underestimate the cruelty of people these days and the willingness to forget about laws when SHTF. Im not trying to call you out here either not sure why you would stake a claim on my manhood? I think you got a little huffy puffy and dove a little too deep into your what if realm. My what if realm was just another scenario being typed out in your comment section. I have many years of criminal background studies along with an entire family who has protected and served people like you when things go bad. So yes I am fully aware of todays modern sanctimonious criminals and youtubers ;-) I wish you nothing but the best and would have hoped you could have seen a different POV.
I’m taking on board your tips. I find I save a lot growing most of my vegetables. We rent so we grow in pots. I get so many Zucchini,beans,tomatoes, celery etc. I Chop excess into slices and freeze. They are great in slow cookers or bolognaise. Now I question every purchase at the supermarket to see if I really need it or can do without. Thanks from Australia
Hi Prepper Princess..I've been watching you since you were in Northern California..Great tips as always but what no more Roku? Wow you really are going extreme.......But one thing that I started doing and I'd like to hear your thoughts ..We know that commercial dog food is not very good..So I started to make it at home..I started out by buying chicken when it's on sale. Then I add sweet potatoes, carrots, cumin, parsley and sometimes rice. Blueberries too..There's so many different things you can add and then throw it in a crock pot..So I found out it costs alot less making it at home..Your thoughts ? And by the way the work you've done on your house looks amazing..I like it better than the house in Arizona..more bright but I do understand keeping it cool is important
Just a note: During the Depression there was also the Dirty Thirties because during the 1930s there was also a drought down the center of the continent and no food. No water. Animals died. Gardens had no water - no food. Yes people starved to death. Not only lakes and rivers dried up or nearly dried up completely but wells dried up. My grandfather witched 17 wells for the neighbors so they could water their livestock. His well didn't dry up. Food was shipped in from the East and West Coasts. Have you noticed the Soup Lines in those old black and white pictures do not contain any females or children in them? None of those guys have pails or boxes to take food home in. There are no families in those lines but there were families without food. There was no money to buy the food that was available. No jobs. No money. Try to imagine all that those people suffered in those 10 years.
It hardships actually last until 1947. People had jobs, even women but food was rationed to be able to feed the troops. After the war, there was a recession 45-47’ as manufacturing was retooled from the war effort to a peace time economy. Jobs were in transition as troop reentered civilian life. My dad used to talk about life back then.
13:18 most restaurants use vegetable oils or seed oils and shortening. Sauces, dressings, deep fried anything, flat grilled meats and eggs. I'm learning about the metabolic illness that omega 6 is causing. I'm going to cook at home more with butter, tallow, and gee. Salads with homemade salsa for dressing. Mmm
Ive been being more mindful of my finances. Went to a tj maxx and had a panic attack over spending $30. It really isnt hard to live minimal... just takes a few weeks or months to get a routine down.
Hi . How are you? Is the ceiling finished in the storage bedroom? I’m retired. Hopefully my pensions would continue. Now: No car, no tv, no microwave, no dishwasher. Rent and hydro legally required. Bus pass is free now for 2 years and I walk to grocery stores where most of the loyalty cards have been ruined by messed up business people. I have dozens of reusable bags already. Must have cell to live and I have internet on that. Health insurance yes for a prescription or two. Funeral prearrangements yes. Gym & pool I could stop it. Church I quit. Weight watchers I quit . Town Library now free. I don’t smoke or drink or use hash. I do have a home library. I can cook. I need to stop buying fast food. I guess I could walk dogs . I could not buy clothes . I could live on say 14,000 a year for a while. Rent will go up.
I lived in a farm house in the country, my fiance was working but things were tight. Nothing to eat. He would bring home something from the vending machine for us to share to eat that night, no lie.. most of our money was spent on him getting back and forth to work.. were still together after 20 + years ... Not getting better, cause I have major health issues. That's why I like watching your videos, to percerive...
In winter, heat the person. Wear coats indoors. Sleep in mummy sleeping bags (or sew one from a blanket). Hot water bottles next to the skin. Sleep in a tent indoors.
❤from Australia cristina ❤I just had to fix my toilet yesterday $334 just to take a dump 😂😂😂I did try everything on utube to fix it myself first though 😢
Living on forty acres,I cut my own wood for a newer brick home, have grid tied solar with a pole fee of thirty dollars per month but cannot sell back any extra to the local electric company, have a deep deep well six hundred ft. Deep, Generac generator, with a 1000 gal propane tank that I use for hot water and gas range, BUT, taxes and insurance are a big bummer.
Bare bones, well I dont have a green thumb, but if we needed to grow fruit and veggies we would, my sil has awesome vegetable gardens on her small homestead so i would go to her for advice. I need my heart medicine all 240 mg of it to prevent my heart from running at 250 beats a minute so that would be a problem if i couldnt access that. My husband is an electrician, there is always a need for that, if he couldn't get cash jobs, probably barter of work for food. To be honest i cant imagine what we would do I heard all the stories from my grandparents, it wasnt good
Grew up poor, used to being austere, I have no desire to spend money. I like finding ways to stretch meals, make my clothes last, and get as many uses out of things as possible. I dont look or act cheap, and I dont push my lifestyle on anyone. Yet all these little ways can add up a lot, so do hope folks are paying attention when they see me do something or occasionally say something. I mean, I like having tools and products that help me be as self sufficient as possible. I spend where I personally think it counts. Am I not one for shopping for sake of shopping, eating out, or redecorating/renewing the house every few years? Or going to salon or buying clothes or other personal care things just because? Nah. I just dont care. But that it where my values are at. I really dont care what others do. I've got some excess, but can surely do without if need be. Much of what you mentioned. Having skills makes us valuable. Being able to offer a service in exchange for another service or set of goods can go far, especially when money is tight or simply not available. If actual grid down/TEOTWAWKI occurs.. game over for many. No matter how healthy one is today, a simple tooth infection can wipe someone out. Or cut. Or accident (since services and supplies may be very rare or totally unavailable) and so on. But I digress.
Consume less, waste nothing, conserve everything; don't drink, drug or smoke; cook whole food meals at home; cut out or lower consumption of sugar, salt and starches; drink water; walk a lot; walk more; and be kind. The closing with the dogs makes me think of that Harry Nilsson song "Me and My Arrow"(s). Instead of the Land of Point, yours is the land of 'Prepper Princess'. Enjoy!
Headache and tooth pain from a tooth that needs a crown. Salt water rinse, ingesting garlic and ibuprofen helps but will need a crown priced at almost $2000. Budget busters😢
I have the exact issues when I eat out. Too must processed food or preservatives in many of the meals that you would eat out. I buy whole foods and prepare meals from single ingredient items. No pre-packaged foods with ingredients that I don't know, or can't pronounce. I discovered an allergy to MSG, caused by some seasonings,sauces and spice mixes that I had purchased. Instead of paying for the next level of allergy testing, I chose to read labels and eliminate all of the ingredients that are not natural. And poof allergic reactions are gone.
I learned when first out of my parent's house how to live frugally. It was a necessity at that time for me. I still feel that it is a good thing for young people to learn AND it becomes a habit to save up for household repairs, etc., so as to NOT use credit I am so grateful for my depression era parents' lifestyle and for my own "baptism by fire" when I moved out on my own. I am retired now and in "de-clutter' mode and amazed at all the unnecessary stuff I've accumulated!
I made chili in the crock pot to have something healthy to eat all week a little bit of meat and tons of vegetables. I'm five two i can live on between 1200 and 1400 calories a day dependent on activity level that is not 4000 calories and doesn't need to be done in one sitting.
I drink a lot of coffee. One cup is made with 1TBS of heavy whipping cream and 1TBS of coconut oil, and 3 cups with 2 TBS of dry non fat milk. Lunch is a bowl of oatmeal with peaches that I canned, and 1tsp of Toroni black sugar syrup. Driver is usually a can of beef or bbq pork loin and buttered sourdough bread, and a can of vegetables. I'm on solar, run 1 small A/C on electric power, and use solar lights.
Prepper Princess, I have enjoyed your videos for a couple of years now. I don't know if you gained all your knowledge from trial and error, or perhaps you have an abundance of common sense. I'm convinced a lot of people don't use the common sense that the Almighty gave them. Wouldn't it be nice to have a course in grade school or junior/senior high school that could teach some of the wisdom that you share with all of us? People would be better equipped to face some of the challenges that life brings. I always learn something from you! I'll stop babbling now and just say THANK YOU, PP, for all that you have shared with us!😀
I have contacted local schools and churches to teach for free, nobody is interested. Common sense is a super power in this day and age. It is my super power.
omg it's soo true! ever since I became a prepper and started eating really simple foods, I can't handle the food I used to eat anymore... and just like you, for some reason I only need wayy less calories per day but still have way more energy! it's like the body detoxed out all those unnecessary things and now it can't stand it anymore. and turns out, we don't even need all of those extra stuff in us, our body functions just fine. all I have everyday is one meal usually and a ton of green tea or black coffee and I feel completely full and satisfied. I used to think we needed soo many more things to live normally... but ever since I became a prepper, I discovered we hardly need much of anything! It's so fun finding ways to cancel one financial necessity after the other, and every time you do you're always surprised that you never realized you could have done so before. It really shows you how brain washed we all really are by these corporations and companies that fool us all into believing we need more than what we actually do. We over complicate everything because we're being sold the idea to spend more and more, and we easily fall for all of it! haha
I got a metal watering can for my grandson bc he helps my son in the garden. It was expensive but will last a long, long time. This is his birthday present. He’s got way too many toys right now. My son can use it, too.
You are living proof that anything is possible. People really need to think outside the box scrutinise every aspect of spending. The savings soon add up!
Happy Friday Amber! I read some of the other comments and I totally agree. You did such a great job on your renovation. The house looks fantastic. You are a smart young woman. Thanks for sharing your wisdom.
History always repeats itself which is why this country is foolish to take down statues and monuments which are reminders of things that should not be but we have to keep the other 1/2 happy.
Prepper this is one of your best videos ever. I think our school kids should be taught your curriculum. And you arrived that generation of the depression they work much tougher people. And since you only eat one meal a day according to some you are practicing a very healthy intermittent fasting program. That's probably why you are so healthy
My bare bones here in Ireland is kinda like yours but I work full time . Bare bones with a child on times that shifts drop and have to move income over to following month . Bare bones is Prepay phone Bins Eletricity Food Stock pile ( dental / bee bar soaps) Safety razors. Never had wifi in my life . No cable . Use my moblie to use over laptop / screen to tv to watch programs - kid’s programs etc Use old laptop 1- years old Kid has a tablet .radio 😂 Whatever left clothes on sale / shoes . Bare bones would be exactly this too ! Sadly in Ireland housing gone so insane that I am now in an emergency accommodation and have two rooms small sittingroom and decent bathroom . Pay rent &bins ( compose recycle is free around areas ) Pay laundry . I do barebones everytime and still have 4 -5 year old iPhone . You gotta learn how to manage to surive on bare basics . Keep it simple !
No never said it was free for my phone . I just writing the list here jobs items I pay is all . Prepay phone is €15 or €20 month . I get handmedown phones so don’t pay for the actual phone. My bare bones would be Eletricity Bins ( but we a lot recycling bins for glass / plastic / clothes all around areas in large containers for free to donate and not pay so bins Iv actually cut now so they are no fees )
I'm trying to follow you the best I can! I love minimal living and I'm working my way that direction. Hubby and I have 4 kids, one is special needs requiring a lot of equipment. Electric sucks as it is but her equipment dosen't help. I've started to unplug everything not in use. Drives hubby nuts haha.
I feel ya on the wt. thing. One year I was looking for our house. It took us four years to find it and we saved up the whole time to get ready to have a huge down payment. We had never explored our whole town with housing in mind. I know every nook and cranny now. But silly me, I decided to munch on cheese puffs while in the car looking. Two bags a week of salty nothingness cheese flavored air LOL put 40lbs on me in one summer. I saw that when my pants were too tight and eliminated the cheeze turds of death. It took me a year and a half with no other changes to get that tonnage off. Oh my gosh! One summer on the lips a year and a half on the hips. LOL never again.
idk if Ill ever be as hardcore as you (a compliment) but I appreciate your insight still. It really has me relooking at my spending. Not having the most linear progress, but I've been making a lot better choices lately I also realizd that my library has a lot of books I'm interested in and I'm just learning a lot of skills and knowledge for free
We had two 55 gallon connected rain barrels at a house we had a few years ago. We used an adapter setup on the gutter downspout…very simple to set up. It doesn’t matter about the panels on the roof, just that you have working gutters and downspouts. We watered our garden with the rain barrel water and the plants grew like crazy!
As a 60 yr old single person barely making it, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate these extreme budget videos.
Same. I’m 58 and barely making it. I was financially stable until covid, lost my job.
(Australia).
Add this 72 year old lady!
Same here. 66 and half retired.
Same here,@@RandomizedLife822
I'm very interested in your evaluation of ebikes. I remember you saying that you'd do a comparison video on your very favorite. Did I miss it or is it yet to come? Appreciate all your research and calculated advice. Blessings
Dont be so quick to tell Rocky to sush when he barks, he is sensing something. Just check first and let him know everything is ok. He is your protector.
I agree. Dogs rarely or never bark without a reason.
My grandmother sold eggs from her chickens when times were hard. My other grandmother was married to an owner/operator of a small grocery, about the size of a 7/11 store. He carried many families on his books, not cutting them off of credit for groceries, during the depression. There were 400 people at his funeral.
I'm 73, and I think most people under 65 think another "Great Depression" will be as "liveable" as that of the 1930's for those who live in suburbs or rural areas - everything outside the unliveable cities - but it won't be so. That era had very little crime due to the morality of most people. Most people respected the law and respected other people. I can't imagine the hellscape that will burst forth when things fall apart. Look at how bad it is now with ongoing looting of stores, mugging of citizens, and the violent rioting of the past few years. No one anywhere will be spared the extreme hardships of life. You won't be able to go outside your own home and travel via any method to buy anything unless you go in packs to fend off feral thieves and murderers. When they are done with cities, they will come for the suburbs. Hyperbole????? We'll see. But we've already seen it in cities across the US.
I agree. I think that only the extreme pessimists will not be surprised by the depth, duration and resulting consequences of this calamity. We have forgotten how to work together as a society. To learn mutual cooperation will take at least a generation or more. And even if there is only a 1 in 4 chance of this happening, that's huge.
Guns.
Your house looks great. Well done on the renovation ❤
I've followed you for years now. You helped me so much after my divorce, particularly financially, but I've always been inspired by your home and car maintenance skills as well. I adopted your moto, "do what you can with what you got!".
I recently changed my own struts!! And have gotten good at all my oil changes, lawn mower tuneup and maintenance, and my home maintenance. It's my goal to never depend on anyone again. The only person I can truly count on is myself.
Just wanted to thank you for all you do❤
@Tammym44 .. Toronto, Canada. What a lovely compliment to the Prepper Princess. She certainly is a vibrant soul. 💜
@@KimA67. she is a lovely soul
Having a paid off house is the game changer. That is essential if you truly want to keep a lot of your money and build wealth very quickly.
It is amazing. I always felt something hanging over my head, but once I was debt free, the load lifted!
Living within your means doesn't mean starvation and living in a tent. It means living with purpose or a goal.
He is talking like you are. hahaaha! Most people that do a bare bones diet is not even close to bare bones. We can no longer eat out, we just did for a few days while I decluttered because no room to cook. Paid for it with rest room trips. Same here we do not eat a lot of salt and fats. The food was so salty it was all we could taste. I do not do a no spend month every time I do we end up on replacing the a/c, had to buy a new car other one bite the dust, (not brand new but new to us), every time something major goes wrong. I just challenge myself to do things cheap. We got lack about it lately so need to start over. I am downsizing and getting rid of stuff. I am donating it to a place who rns a thrift store for homeless people. I am ashamed of myself how much junk I have.
We're off-grid in South Africa. We live like this because we're IN a great depression here. On top of everything we have crime. Serious crime.
I truly feel for you. As Americans most of us can’t even fathom what you go through
I got rid of my car,Tv, cable, go to food pantries , I live on so much less. I garden 🪴 make
My
Own plant based medicine. Working
On my gardening skills.
I know how you feel, I live in Costa Rica and I eat clean food and when I go visit in the United States so they eat somewhere in a restaurant it feels like I'm eating a salt lick or something lol
I think everyone should be poor once in their life.
I had $52 in my Amazon cart. Started watching this and immediately deleted the items and tried to cancel $32 that hadn’t shipped but it was too late. Going bare bones thanks to you. On the e-bikes, what would keep people from not returning them to you?
Hi PP 🤗 I have learned so much from you!! I love ❤️ how much you enjoy life without spending much!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Blessings to you 🙌🏻🦋🙏🏻
Thank you for the ideas. I'm a 22 year old, this is my first time moving out and I'm struggling. Using some of these tips now.
Hey lady, I've been watching you for years. Are you aging backwards because you look awesome!
I can make a kickass lentil barley and vegetable stew. Costs bare bones to make and I would sell it, not at a huge profit but enough to make money and cheap enough for those without much money. That's my skill.
I would also sprout seeds for greens and nutrition. Grow mushrooms and potatoes and never be hungry.
Currently growing stone fruit trees, grapes, mango tree and avocado tree.
Not succeeding with the berries. Too warm here I think.
Fun video Prepper Princess. Keep em coming please.
You've created a great and secure life for yourself. Congratulations. Unfortunately I was not taught how to manage money. I'm 72 without savings, just living on my Canadian and Quebec pensions. Medicare is covered by the government. Great job Prepper Princess. I admire you.
@@sjbutler2330 that’s not a nice thing to say. You do not know someone’s circumstances in life!!! Hopefully you don’t lose it all and someone says the same to you.
Your dogs are an easy part of life. They give you comfort nothing else will!
I already live off grid....1 must pay bill.....property taxes once a year....ya ready?!?.. $67.00 per year. .13 acres no structures considered "permanent"...I have a multitude of skills soooo anything from artistry to chainsawing....I'll be ok.
When I am single I live like this. My husband is 29 years older than me so I know if the rapture doesn't happen and the Lord tarries I will need to again, likely.
Food: WM old fashioned oats big canister. Peanut butter. Rice. An occasional cheap snack and green like spinach.
Transportation: Walk.
Insurance: None.
Rent: Sucks but under 1000.
TV: No.
Internet and phone: Yes.
Kids: Thank God I never had any. I am 42.
I like how you mentioned having an older car. We do too. New cars cost more than my house.
Mine is 19 years old. Bought it used 13 years ago.
I agree on the old cars. But the government doesn't want it so we will be forced to change.
Living cheap advice? Simple, advise folks basically one simple direction. Get out of debt and stay out of debt. Credit cards are the doom of the country. Simple as simple. If you don't have the cash, you can't afford it.
“If you don’t have the cash, you can’t afford it” is exactly how I approach using credit cards as well. I’m not sure how the disconnect happens with people not realizing you have to pay them off monthly, so if the money isn’t in the bank it can’t go on the card either.
it's amazing what you can grow on vertical growing. let your plants grow up a fence instead of sprawling across the yard.
I've sold my condo and have decided to buy my childhood home from my mom for cheap and it's gonna take a lot of work. It's been empty for less than a year but most likely I'll be using a bucket, showering at the hospital fitness center, and using a generator for at least a month while I get the house empty, cleaned out, and utilities straight. I'm excited for this challenge. I'm going to try some solar. Your videos have been very inspiring for the last couple years that I have been watching.
What makes you think the library will be available?
Libraries were available during the Great Depression, that’s why.
That’s for posting your videos. I’m a 62 yo disabled woman, who is going through a divorce. I’m starting to cut all the extras. Tomorrow I’m dropping off my cable equipment and closing my account. I’m trying to figure out expenses, just in case I get rooked and he doesn’t have to give me any funds. (We were married 14 years and I became disabled in 2017). Either way I want to save as much as possible- and I will be binge watching your videos!
I'm going to change my life 😊 because of this video. I'm looking forward to challenging myself in every area I can think of.
Wow that registration is very high for an old car like that. And I thought my registration was high for a 14-year old car, I pay $157.00. There was a time when the fee would go down the older your car is. Not anymore 😢
I keep my cars until they completely fall apart and would cost more to fix than just buy another one. Although I’ve never had a 25-year old car, but I do more driving. My last car was an 18-year old car and had well over 300,000 miles on it. I donated it to a charity because I wasn’t willing to spend anymore money on it.
Love this idea about making it a game. It reminds of the novel “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith. Dad was a day laborer who would drink away his wages before he would come home and you didn’t know when he would come home. The mom plays a game with her kids called “The North Pole” game. They were explorers stranded at the North Pole waiting to be rescued (Dad shows up with some cash). So they would do things like only heating the kitchen or they would find creative ways to stretch their food costs. Getting a soup bone with just a little bit of meat on the bone to add flavor to soup. The kids would collect bottles and other things to take to the trash picker for pennies. Sit in the dark instead of using lighting. Bartering with neighbors. While this sounds tragic, it demonstrates what you can do in a crisis. Why not play the game while you are not in a crisis and save money now?! BTW - This episode was informative and funny. Love your relationship with your dogs.
I remember the book.
I agree that eating out is a waste of money. I also usually eat twice a day & maybe a small fruit snack.
I've started getting laundry room cast-offs of good fabric quality and cutting them up to make other things, like my latest Sherlock Holmes hat. When we were really broke one year, I knit scarves and hats for nieces and nephews for Christmas. Also, there's a study that shows belonging to Amazon Prime gives people a false sense of economy from the free shipping, and they wind up spending more than if they weren't Amazon Prime members.
I really admire your take on living a simple, frugal, happy lifestyle. BTW you look great and your place also looks great. Stay well.
I just paid my car registration $536 for a 15yo car with 60,000kms. That's Australian dollars & the discounted amount for a pensioner. Vehicle age has nothing to do with price here! Yr registration is so cheap!
$42.00 a year for car registration for a 2005 car in my state.
Thank God for dogs and coffee ❣️
Since you eat clean - it’s hard to eat in a restaurant that uses all kinds of things to make food. I get sick too- iI need to eat at home because then I know what is in my food and that it’s clean!!!
I'm not sure if this is available where you are at, but I just changed from Mint to Boost. It is the same service, but it's $8.99 per month instead of $15.
I’m under contract but will have to take a look.
I grew up poor eating only at home and eating clean country food, and i always got sick eating out. Now we only cook at home and I still get sick if we try to eat out! Only order coffee when out (and that’s rarely).
My only disagreement with your reasoning is many many people would be in the same position and start foraging, so it might not be an option. And if fruit trees are in your front lawn expect them to be stripped by desperate people.
You could also rent out your excessive solar generator systems by the day. Cell phones still can call emergency services. But they need a charge. So you could charge phones for a fee.
Oooh, charging phones as a service. Great idea.
I'm on a week of use what you have. Making chicken veggie soup with just what I have.
Love the worst case scenario game! With practice- you know how to think through the worst case. The bonus is saving some extra cash to actually prepare for the worst case scenario! It's a win - win. Unless you're my wife. She doesn't always appreciate the worst case scenario game.
I grow enough vegetables to supply my husband and i and our daughter and her family that lives on our property right next door to us.
Watching your vids keeps me on track. I was dying to get food while I was out today running errands, but I didn't and waited till I got home and cooked a great meal and I'm so glad that I did. Eating out is not only expensive, but annoying with people expecting to be tipped for anything and everything. Loving your house. Great job.
I just stopped to eat...so big fail. I couldn't wait any longer. Well tip just sunk. They ignored my request and it isn't busy.
People don't expect to be tipped for everything: that is built into their much lower wage that hopefully tips will very slightly increase.
I know you could survive a depression. I see how you live.
Canola Oil = NO. Olive Oil = Longevity YES
In an economic collapse situation, everyone else is gonna be in the same boat, so everyone else is gonna be picking fruit and collecting wood for fuel. It could potentially get quite nasty. Hope it never happens, I don't think it will anyway.
Reality, Picking fruit and fire wood? Nope .I've had this discussion with my eldest son. He thinks he'd because he can hunt. I said no. because everyone else who hunts will be doing the same, so real quick there will be no game to hunt. Fire wood, same thing. I heat with fire wood and have a good supply. However, other know that, so I'd have to sit on the pile with a gun or it would be gone in one night. Think about it, reality. Preppers with bunkers. Same thing. We know he's got food and women. They'd go after that quick. Reality folks. Sorry just being realistic.
If the bottom truly falls out, you won’t be comfortable. You won’t be able to close your eyes and rest. You’ll be in constant defense mode trying to defend what you have from other people that desperately want it. Now, if you simply fall on hard times and need to mostly live off the grid, you’ll be fine.
That makes no sense at all. Were you watching the Walking Dead or playing video games?
@@PrepperPrincess lol! I do neither. I’m frugal too, and that’s why I like your channel. What I said does make sense though. In rough times you’d do really well. In terrible times, like really bad survival type scenarios, we would all suffer. No medicines, doctors, police… that’s what I’m saying. I see lots of UA-cam preppers not just talking about a down turn in the economy, but seriously talking about doom and gloom survival. I wasn’t attacking you, but your reply makes me think you thought I was. Sorry if it felt that way.
BTW they sell very little 250w electric heaters that can be put UNDER a terracotta clay pot to keep ONE room warm in the winter. Line the room with rugs along the windows and doors and it will keep that room warm. Also set rocks on top of clay pot to warm them up too, sleep with them in bed.
Rocky thinks he saw a squirrel?//if it becomes that rough, you might be able to barter your produce.
Eating clean is great, until you do eat something that isn't and then you realise how much your tolerance for processed food has gone down and you wonder how some people chow down 3 takeaways a day! There are certain foods I can't eat any more without getting a reaction to it and I don't even consider myself a clean eater, but I mostly cook from scratch and that has made a difference.
I have one persistant issue with statements like these that you make. Its because of the simple fact that if things did get as bad as you stated "example the great depression". Lawlessness will take over and the sensible side of what you say you will do goes out the window. Families that have firearms arent going to starve without atleast trying to rob a store or person or persons. I know you dont get down with alot of the "prepping" side of people like me who value firearms and ammo as money. Heres a challenge serious question. Lets say it is the worst it has ever been as you state in this video. YOu have all your solar hooked up and your the only one on your block who has lights and goes about your day like normal. Im willing to bet that you will become a target and fast. My point is you talk about your comfort level in a NORMAL living experience when everyone else is hunting squirrels and robbing people. If you get down to the BAREBONES like you said its game over for everyone.
At least 10 houses on my block have solar. I have enough to share. I would share with my neighbors on both sides with an extension cord. You talk about lawlessness. In a great depression, there are still police. There is still a justice system. In the great depression, 70% of people still had jobs. Believing that people are going to come after you and steal YOUR stuff above all else is a grandious sense of self. What makes you SO IMPORTANT to the rest of the world that they are going to come after you. In the great depression, everyone was in the same boat. Nobody had money and everyone knew that nobody else had money either. That is why they worked together. Think of the day after 9/11. Our country could have easily went into anarchy. It didn't. Why? Because everyone was in the same boat. In a great depression, you really think people are going to be doing nothing but hunting squirrels and robbing people? That is a comic book story plot where you get to be the hero that makes it beyond anyone else because of your guns. That is not the way the world works. Have you studied how robberies really work? Did you even know that 70% of robberies take place during the day between 10am and 3pm? Didn't think so. I simply don't care that you have a problem with my way of thinking. It is a logical way of thinking while your thinking is based on fear and violence. And just FYI, I have lots of guns. But I choose not to use them unless I have to. Seems like you want an excuse so you can use yours to kill someone or prove your manhood. I have nothing to prove.
@@PrepperPrincess This is a different world than the 20s. To compare the 2 is like comparing coke vs water. The times we live in are vastly different than the world you are touting. You are getting very defensive over a different point of view, how very california of you. I wasnt attacking anyone with that statement just painting a different picture. One that I believe is more likely if your "scenario" were to play out. You vastly underestimate the cruelty of people these days and the willingness to forget about laws when SHTF. Im not trying to call you out here either not sure why you would stake a claim on my manhood? I think you got a little huffy puffy and dove a little too deep into your what if realm. My what if realm was just another scenario being typed out in your comment section. I have many years of criminal background studies along with an entire family who has protected and served people like you when things go bad. So yes I am fully aware of todays modern sanctimonious criminals and youtubers ;-) I wish you nothing but the best and would have hoped you could have seen a different POV.
I’m taking on board your tips. I find I save a lot growing most of my vegetables. We rent so we grow in pots. I get so many Zucchini,beans,tomatoes, celery etc. I Chop excess into slices and freeze. They are great in slow cookers or bolognaise. Now I question every purchase at the supermarket to see if I really need it or can do without. Thanks from Australia
Hi Prepper Princess..I've been watching you since you were in Northern California..Great tips as always but what no more Roku? Wow you really are going extreme.......But one thing that I started doing and I'd like to hear your thoughts ..We know that commercial dog food is not very good..So I started to make it at home..I started out by buying chicken when it's on sale. Then I add sweet potatoes, carrots, cumin, parsley and sometimes rice. Blueberries too..There's so many different things you can add and then throw it in a crock pot..So I found out it costs alot less making it at home..Your thoughts ? And by the way the work you've done on your house looks amazing..I like it better than the house in Arizona..more bright but I do understand keeping it cool is important
My TV is a roku tv. It’s built in so I don’t need a box. Also make my own dog food and made a video about it.
Loving the lighting situation, your eyes just pop and your skin looks radiant 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
My expenses would be much higher, but we would pull together as a family and make it work.
Just a note: During the Depression there was also the Dirty Thirties because during the 1930s there was also a drought down the center of the continent and no food. No water. Animals died. Gardens had no water - no food. Yes people starved to death. Not only lakes and rivers dried up or nearly dried up completely but wells dried up. My grandfather witched 17 wells for the neighbors so they could water their livestock. His well didn't dry up. Food was shipped in from the East and West Coasts. Have you noticed the Soup Lines in those old black and white pictures do not contain any females or children in them? None of those guys have pails or boxes to take food home in. There are no families in those lines but there were families without food. There was no money to buy the food that was available. No jobs. No money. Try to imagine all that those people suffered in those 10 years.
It hardships actually last until 1947. People had jobs, even women but food was rationed to be able to feed the troops. After the war, there was a recession 45-47’ as manufacturing was retooled from the war effort to a peace time economy. Jobs were in transition as troop reentered civilian life. My dad used to talk about life back then.
P.P., enjoyed watching you from the new location and natural light. House looks beautiful and your eyes!!!!
After paying rent, car payment, insurance, utilities, and food, there isn't much money left over.
That’s why I say pay in cash. If you had no car payment t or rent you would have a lot of money left
Rocky is wondering to whom you're speaking and why you're so tense, hence his barking.
I get sick when I go to restaurants now too. I think it’s the oil
It is all of the hydrogenated oils makes me sick.
It could be because people don’t wash their hands like they’re supposed to while handling your food!
Sometimes food itself have some kind of chemicals or "plump salt water" in chicken, it's very dangerous in the long run for our digestive system.
13:18 most restaurants use vegetable oils or seed oils and shortening. Sauces, dressings, deep fried anything, flat grilled meats and eggs. I'm learning about the metabolic illness that omega 6 is causing. I'm going to cook at home more with butter, tallow, and gee. Salads with homemade salsa for dressing. Mmm
Ive been being more mindful of my finances. Went to a tj maxx and had a panic attack over spending $30. It really isnt hard to live minimal... just takes a few weeks or months to get a routine down.
Hi . How are you? Is the ceiling finished in the storage bedroom? I’m retired. Hopefully my pensions would continue. Now: No car, no tv, no microwave, no dishwasher. Rent and hydro legally required. Bus pass is free now for 2 years and I walk to grocery stores where most of the loyalty cards have been ruined by messed up business people. I have dozens of reusable bags already. Must have cell to live and I have internet on that. Health insurance yes for a prescription or two. Funeral prearrangements yes. Gym & pool I could stop it. Church I quit. Weight watchers I quit . Town Library now free. I don’t smoke or drink or use hash. I do have a home library. I can cook. I need to stop buying fast food. I guess I could walk dogs . I could not buy clothes . I could live on say 14,000 a year for a while. Rent will go up.
I lived in a farm house in the country, my fiance was working but things were tight. Nothing to eat. He would bring home something from the vending machine for us to share to eat that night, no lie.. most of our money was spent on him getting back and forth to work.. were still together after 20 + years ... Not getting better, cause I have major health issues. That's why I like watching your videos, to percerive...
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In winter, heat the person. Wear coats indoors. Sleep in mummy sleeping bags (or sew one from a blanket). Hot water bottles next to the skin. Sleep in a tent indoors.
❤from Australia cristina ❤I just had to fix my toilet yesterday $334 just to take a dump 😂😂😂I did try everything on utube to fix it myself first though 😢
I’m glad you tried first
Living on forty acres,I cut my own wood for a newer brick home, have grid tied solar with a pole fee of thirty dollars per month but cannot sell back any extra to the local electric company, have a deep deep well six hundred ft. Deep, Generac generator, with a 1000 gal propane tank that I use for hot water and gas range, BUT, taxes and insurance are a big bummer.
May be time to get some chickens for eggs and meat. For one person, 2-4 should be enough.
LOL believe Rocky he has your best interests at heart
Bare bones, well I dont have a green thumb, but if we needed to grow fruit and veggies we would, my sil has awesome vegetable gardens on her small homestead so i would go to her for advice. I need my heart medicine all 240 mg of it to prevent my heart from running at 250 beats a minute so that would be a problem if i couldnt access that.
My husband is an electrician, there is always a need for that, if he couldn't get cash jobs, probably barter of work for food.
To be honest i cant imagine what we would do I heard all the stories from my grandparents, it wasnt good
I love your friendly arguments with Rocky. You’re my favorite couple these days 😂
You have shown us the propane cooker before.
Can you put up a link, thank you. :)
Grew up poor, used to being austere, I have no desire to spend money. I like finding ways to stretch meals, make my clothes last, and get as many uses out of things as possible. I dont look or act cheap, and I dont push my lifestyle on anyone. Yet all these little ways can add up a lot, so do hope folks are paying attention when they see me do something or occasionally say something. I mean, I like having tools and products that help me be as self sufficient as possible. I spend where I personally think it counts. Am I not one for shopping for sake of shopping, eating out, or redecorating/renewing the house every few years? Or going to salon or buying clothes or other personal care things just because? Nah. I just dont care. But that it where my values are at. I really dont care what others do. I've got some excess, but can surely do without if need be. Much of what you mentioned.
Having skills makes us valuable. Being able to offer a service in exchange for another service or set of goods can go far, especially when money is tight or simply not available. If actual grid down/TEOTWAWKI occurs.. game over for many. No matter how healthy one is today, a simple tooth infection can wipe someone out. Or cut. Or accident (since services and supplies may be very rare or totally unavailable) and so on. But I digress.
Consume less, waste nothing, conserve everything; don't drink, drug or smoke; cook whole food meals at home; cut out or lower consumption of sugar, salt and starches; drink water; walk a lot; walk more; and be kind. The closing with the dogs makes me think of that Harry Nilsson song "Me and My Arrow"(s). Instead of the Land of Point, yours is the land of 'Prepper Princess'. Enjoy!
Headache and tooth pain from a tooth that needs a crown. Salt water rinse, ingesting garlic and ibuprofen helps but will need a crown priced at almost $2000. Budget busters😢
So sorry
Can they just pull it?
that's how my ex always handled serious tooth problems - had the tooth pulled. @@Revert2017
Could you get the dental work done in Mexico?
Crown ended up being $1300. Still a budget breaker. 😐
I have the exact issues when I eat out. Too must processed food or preservatives in many of the meals that you would eat out. I buy whole foods and prepare meals from single ingredient items. No pre-packaged foods with ingredients that I don't know, or can't pronounce. I discovered an allergy to MSG, caused by some seasonings,sauces and spice mixes that I had purchased. Instead of paying for the next level of allergy testing, I chose to read labels and eliminate all of the ingredients that are not natural. And poof allergic reactions are gone.
Gm👋 my dear. Medical Insurance very important don't go without. I finally have Medicare now still the co payments and deductions add up.
I learned when first out of my parent's house how to live frugally. It was a necessity at that time for me. I still feel that it is a good thing for young people to learn AND it becomes a habit to save up for household repairs, etc., so as to NOT use credit
I am so grateful for my depression era parents' lifestyle and for my own "baptism by fire" when I moved out on my own. I am retired now and in "de-clutter' mode and amazed at all the unnecessary stuff I've accumulated!
I made chili in the crock pot to have something healthy to eat all week a little bit of meat and tons of vegetables. I'm five two i can live on between 1200 and 1400 calories a day dependent on activity level that is not 4000 calories and doesn't need to be done in one sitting.
I drink a lot of coffee. One cup is made with 1TBS of heavy whipping cream and 1TBS of coconut oil, and 3 cups with 2 TBS of dry non fat milk. Lunch is a bowl of oatmeal with peaches that I canned, and 1tsp of Toroni black sugar syrup. Driver is usually a can of beef or bbq pork loin and buttered sourdough bread, and a can of vegetables. I'm on solar, run 1 small A/C on electric power, and use solar lights.
Prepper Princess, I have enjoyed your videos for a couple of years now. I don't know if you gained all your knowledge from trial and error, or perhaps you have an abundance of common sense. I'm convinced a lot of people don't use the common sense that the Almighty gave them. Wouldn't it be nice to have a course in grade school or junior/senior high school that could teach some of the wisdom that you share with all of us? People would be better equipped to face some of the challenges that life brings. I always learn something from you! I'll stop babbling now and just say THANK YOU, PP, for all that you have shared with us!😀
I have contacted local schools and churches to teach for free, nobody is interested. Common sense is a super power in this day and age. It is my super power.
omg it's soo true! ever since I became a prepper and started eating really simple foods, I can't handle the food I used to eat anymore... and just like you, for some reason I only need wayy less calories per day but still have way more energy! it's like the body detoxed out all those unnecessary things and now it can't stand it anymore. and turns out, we don't even need all of those extra stuff in us, our body functions just fine. all I have everyday is one meal usually and a ton of green tea or black coffee and I feel completely full and satisfied.
I used to think we needed soo many more things to live normally... but ever since I became a prepper, I discovered we hardly need much of anything! It's so fun finding ways to cancel one financial necessity after the other, and every time you do you're always surprised that you never realized you could have done so before. It really shows you how brain washed we all really are by these corporations and companies that fool us all into believing we need more than what we actually do. We over complicate everything because we're being sold the idea to spend more and more, and we easily fall for all of it! haha
You are very down-to-earth and pragmatically oriented brilliant lady! ❤❤❤
Greetings from Croatia
I got a metal watering can for my grandson bc he helps my son in the garden. It was expensive but will last a long, long time. This is his birthday present. He’s got way too many toys right now. My son can use it, too.
You are living proof that anything is possible. People really need to think outside the box scrutinise every aspect of spending. The savings soon add up!
Happy Friday Amber! I read some of the other comments and I totally agree. You did such a great job on your renovation. The house looks fantastic. You are a smart young woman. Thanks for sharing your wisdom.
History books reveal what happened in 1929. Like it or not, history repeats itself...
History always repeats itself which is why this country is foolish to take down statues and monuments which are reminders of things that should not be but we have to keep the other 1/2 happy.
Yes indeed that history always repeats itself…sad but true..living with less is better off..
Prepper this is one of your best videos ever. I think our school kids should be taught your curriculum. And you arrived that generation of the depression they work much tougher people. And since you only eat one meal a day according to some you are practicing a very healthy intermittent fasting program. That's probably why you are so healthy
Cash will be illegal, of course
Maybe not illegal, but, possibly worthless? I personally think bartering will become the normal way to do things. What do you think?
You can get MediCal based on your income. Money in the bank is not looked at.
When Rocky barks my dogs bark ! Lol
Your house is looking great! ....and you're looking a bit younger? :) You're "rich" now.....treat yourself well and eat good food!
My bare bones here in Ireland is kinda like yours but I work full time .
Bare bones with a child on times that shifts drop and have to move income over to following month .
Bare bones is
Prepay phone
Bins
Eletricity
Food
Stock pile ( dental / bee bar soaps)
Safety razors.
Never had wifi in my life .
No cable .
Use my moblie to use over laptop / screen to tv to watch programs - kid’s programs etc
Use old laptop 1- years old
Kid has a tablet .radio 😂
Whatever left clothes on sale / shoes .
Bare bones would be exactly this too !
Sadly in Ireland housing gone so insane that
I am now in an emergency accommodation and have two rooms small sittingroom and decent bathroom .
Pay rent &bins ( compose recycle is free around areas )
Pay laundry .
I do barebones everytime and still have 4 -5 year old iPhone .
You gotta learn how to manage to surive on bare basics . Keep it simple !
No never said it was free for my phone . I just writing the list here jobs items I pay is all . Prepay phone is €15 or €20 month . I get handmedown phones so don’t pay for the actual phone.
My bare bones would be
Eletricity
Bins ( but we a lot recycling bins for glass / plastic / clothes all around areas in large containers for free to donate and not pay so bins Iv actually cut now so they are no fees )
I'm trying to follow you the best I can! I love minimal living and I'm working my way that direction. Hubby and I have 4 kids, one is special needs requiring a lot of equipment. Electric sucks as it is but her equipment dosen't help. I've started to unplug everything not in use. Drives hubby nuts haha.
For water, catch what comes off your roof in tarps and kiddie pools. Needs to be sanitized--birds and squirrels poop up there.
I feel ya on the wt. thing. One year I was looking for our house. It took us four years to find it and we saved up the whole time to get ready to have a huge down payment. We had never explored our whole town with housing in mind. I know every nook and cranny now. But silly me, I decided to munch on cheese puffs while in the car looking. Two bags a week of salty nothingness cheese flavored air LOL put 40lbs on me in one summer. I saw that when my pants were too tight and eliminated the cheeze turds of death. It took me a year and a half with no other changes to get that tonnage off. Oh my gosh! One summer on the lips a year and a half on the hips. LOL never again.
even with plastic products, there are ways to repurpose plastic bottles or jars etc. a person just needs to get a little creative.
idk if Ill ever be as hardcore as you (a compliment) but I appreciate your insight still. It really has me relooking at my spending. Not having the most linear progress, but I've been making a lot better choices lately
I also realizd that my library has a lot of books I'm interested in and I'm just learning a lot of skills and knowledge for free
We had two 55 gallon connected rain barrels at a house we had a few years ago. We used an adapter setup on the gutter downspout…very simple to set up. It doesn’t matter about the panels on the roof, just that you have working gutters and downspouts. We watered our garden with the rain barrel water and the plants grew like crazy!