How “Embracing the Suck” Will Help You Survive When the SHTF
by Graywolf
TheOrganicPrepper.com
November 25, 2019
Throughout my Army career, I had been told to, “embrace the suck,” or “suck it up,” countless times when dealing with frustrating or harsh conditions. For pretty much all of it, I thought they meant the same thing. I finally realized they do not. Both, however, are great pieces of advice. I had meant to write this article on my own blog but I decided to write it for you here instead. This isn’t just advice that can help you if SHTF, it’s advice that could literally change your life.
Let’s break this down.
Preparing for emergencies, disasters, or even SHTF takes several avenues. Most people understand that you need to continually work on:
Gathering supplies
Learning survival skills
Learning how to defend yourself
Becoming/staying physically fit and healthy
Building a team you trust
Coming up with a way to communicate with your team when comms are down
Coming up with contingency plans
Did you see the most important thing on the list though? It’s preparing yourself mentally.
Sucking it up
Another way of saying this is to just push through the pain. Sucking it up is great advice for most situations, and it’s something that’s kind of an acquired skill. What it basically means is to just quit b*tching and get back to the problem at hand.
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