Back in 2011 I started a game with some friends of mine where we all worked on improving our ability to buy things and resell them for a profit (stuff from garage sales, craigslist and so on). By the end of the year I got really good at it and it has become practically a second job. Since that time I've tried to pick a different area and spend a year improving myself in it. There are so many ways I could improve myself that it just seems overwhelming and unless I pick one main area I lose the drive/focus to keep at it.
I have picked survival readiness for 2014. I am very unprepared for just about all situations. I know nothing of hunting, fishing, camping, and so on. I dont even know how to swim. I have no real plan for what to do in an emergency situation and no stockpile of things needed to survive. I know I cannot tackle all of these issues at once so I wanted to break it up by months. Have 12 different categories of how to improve myself in this area. I need your help trying to figure out which 12 to do and which one to put where in the year.
I know I want to do
-Swimming (this one will need to be in a summerish month like May/June)
-Supplies (water, food, ammo stockpiles, and probably setting up a decent bug out bag)
-Small game hunting (I dont know the best month for this, if anyone has a suggestion please let me know)
-Camping (this one Id like to do near the end because it will test many of the other skills too)
-Scavenging (need to know what in nature can be food and what to stay away from)
-Self defense (both lethal and non lethal)
-Fishing (again I have no idea what the best time of year to do this is)
Im sure there are more areas that I need to add. Please any help you could give me in what other categories I need and how I should order them would be awesome. Thank you all and if anyone is interested in doing something similar to this with me it would be great to not have to do this alone.
I have picked survival readiness for 2014. I am very unprepared for just about all situations. I know nothing of hunting, fishing, camping, and so on. I dont even know how to swim. I have no real plan for what to do in an emergency situation and no stockpile of things needed to survive. I know I cannot tackle all of these issues at once so I wanted to break it up by months. Have 12 different categories of how to improve myself in this area. I need your help trying to figure out which 12 to do and which one to put where in the year.
I know I want to do
-Swimming (this one will need to be in a summerish month like May/June)
-Supplies (water, food, ammo stockpiles, and probably setting up a decent bug out bag)
-Small game hunting (I dont know the best month for this, if anyone has a suggestion please let me know)
-Camping (this one Id like to do near the end because it will test many of the other skills too)
-Scavenging (need to know what in nature can be food and what to stay away from)
-Self defense (both lethal and non lethal)
-Fishing (again I have no idea what the best time of year to do this is)
Im sure there are more areas that I need to add. Please any help you could give me in what other categories I need and how I should order them would be awesome. Thank you all and if anyone is interested in doing something similar to this with me it would be great to not have to do this alone.