When panic seems to seize everyone around you, keep calm. There are plenty of other ways to prepare for surviving tough times than buying toilet paper!
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Hollywood loves giving us post-apocalyptic stories, and for the first time, I feel like I’m witnessing the kind of panic I’ve only ever seen on a screen.
COVID-19 is scaring the living daylights out of people and not knowing what to do, folks went out and stockpiled on toilet paper and hand sanitizer.
Guess what?
There’s a better way to prepare!
The first step involves keeping a cool head.
Although it’s not much fun thinking about it, preparing for the worst-case scenario will put us in a much better place.
Strength and security come from self-sufficiency, but first, we need to make sure we’re ready for an emergency. We will need to…
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