[FamiliarFace]

*** And, whatever else you need...***

I’ll ditto that. Get what you need before prices skyrocket. They will continue to go up.

I was never a hoarder before CoVid, at least for things I need every day. I do collect nostalgic items that I don’t need, but help me remember happy days gone by.

Now, I stock up on nearly everything. Supply chain issues (my husband’s field) are talked about regularly now. Used to be he kept that for the work day. Now we laughingly call me a “domestic procurement specialist”. As soon as something is used or consumed, it’s on the list to be replaced.

Which reminds me, there are a few items I need to add.

[metmom]

I was never a hoarder before CoVid, at least for things I need every day.

You’re still not a hoarder.

Wise prepping is not “hoarding”.

Hoarding is grabbing everything you can whether you need it or not and hanging onto it at the expense of others.

Where would we or our ancestors be without wise prepping for hard times.

These last couple generations are really the first ever that lived hand to mouth as a normal course of existence.

[amorphous]

We go over our list of supplies at least once a month now to see what we need to resupply. It’s a never ending task, but a very necessary one these days, IMHO.

[amorphous]

Now we laughingly call me a “domestic procurement specialist”.

A critical position, if there ever was one! I may steal the title for my wife, who does the same. :)

[Ellendra]

As soon as something is used or consumed, it’s on the list to be replaced.

This is the difference between "prepping" and "hoarding". It's similar to the difference between "frugal" and "miserly". The frugal person saves so they can enjoy their money later. The miser can't bring themself to enjoy it at all. In the same way, the prepper figures out what they'll most likely need, and isn't afraid to use it when they need to. The hoarder pretty much has a panic attack at the thought of no longer having their stash, to the point where they might decide they'd rather starve than use it.