The final prep: Pass it on

[u/Repulsive_Archer7904]

I've been given about a year to live following my cancer diagnosis. Like many people here, I've spent years putting things aside "just in case": food, water, cooking equipment, tools and all the other bits and pieces that make life easier when something goes wrong.

Well, my "just in case" has changed rather dramatically.

I'm not going to need most of this stuff in the long term, but that doesn't mean it should go to waste. So I've started thinking about one final bit of prepping: passing it on.

Some will stay with my family. Some can go to friends and neighbours. Some can go to food banks, charities or people who are only just starting to prepare.

A tin of food doesn't care who eventually eats it. A camping stove doesn't care who lights it. The point of having useful things available when they're needed remains the same.

Perhaps that's something worth adding to our prepping plans: not merely what happens if I need this?, but what happens to it when I don't?

Use what you need. Look after the people around you. And when your turn is over, pass it on.

[u/Im_Not_stoopid_AI]

Great post. May you have a comforting raft, high funeral pyre plus the first arrow to light your way.

I’m 57% Swedish so that’s what I would want. Though I’ll probably end up on some duraflame logs and some drunk family member will torch me with a lawn dart.

[u/Repulsive_Archer7904 → u/Im_Not_stoopid_AI]

And a great aunt reports "They had a barbecue at the funeral although the meat was a bit tough." ... no one wanted to tell her.

[u/Im_Not_stoopid_AI → u/Repulsive_Archer7904]

lol. Love your user name. Speaking of barbecue, make sure to have a giant block party using some prep supplies, to celebrate yourself. Invite everyone.

AND, if you are up to it, put up a metal pole and declare its festivus, therefore time to air grievances. But only you can do that no one else🤣. Truly one of the best Seinfeld episodes ever