Value of Time

[Liv4today55]

Angel and I have spent over 5 years of almost every night expanding and sharing our knowledge with 1,000's of people for Preparing for the future. During a discussion tonight, we decided we have met face to face and still participate with fewer than 10 people who are truly serious of helping themselves. I am starting a new career path that will not allow me to have a guaranteed schedule. All of this stated, I will NO longer be available for Wednesday night or any scheduled night chats.

 

[Brent S]

I find it hard to make it to specific schedules as well. I haven't seen or been involved in the weds chat yet, but hope to join in when I can. I haven't tried, but couldn't you just read it after the fact and add any comments on thinks you like?

 

[Rob Painless]

I have an idea how you feel, Liv. It's certainly easy to feel that our efforts are under-appreciated, especially when we make sacrifices of our time trying to help others out of their seeming inactions. Be assured, however, there are lots of people who have benefited from your interactions with them and are glad of it & better off for it.

There are loads of folks who are very serious about their prepping but who's schedules keep them from going to events that put them in contact with other preppers beyond their own social groups. I'm one of those. Also, we have to remember that people progress at their own rates and it's seldom the same as ours. Sometimes I throw my hands up in the air and say "That's it! I'm done trying to help other people! They can figure it out for themselves!", but after a while I find myself doing it again. I guess that's the cycle. Fortunately, every once in a while, I get to see the fruits of my efforts (not just in prepper related things) by seeing a small difference I made in someone's life. And sometimes that difference isn't in the person I was directly trying to help, but in someone who saw us or even heard about us trying to help others. You just never know.

Hang in there. And thanks for the good stuff you do.

 

[Brent S]

I have an idea how you feel, Liv. It's certainly easy to feel that our efforts are under-appreciated, especially when we make sacrifices of our time trying to help others out of their seeming inactions. Be assured, however, there are lots of people who have benefited from your interactions with them and are glad of it & better off for it.

There are loads of folks who are very serious about their prepping but who's schedules keep them from going to events that put them in contact with other preppers beyond their own social groups. I'm one of those. Also, we have to remember that people progress at their own rates and it's seldom the same as ours. Sometimes I throw my hands up in the air and say "That's it! I'm done trying to help other people! They can figure it out for themselves!", but after a while I find myself doing it again. I guess that's the cycle. Fortunately, every once in a while, I get to see the fruits of my efforts (not just in prepper related things) by seeing a small difference I made in someone's life. And sometimes that difference isn't in the person I was directly trying to help, but in someone who saw us or even heard about us trying to help others. You just never know.

Hang in there. And thanks for the good stuff you do.

Well said!

 

[Dani]

I love to be able to pass on knowledge whenever I can and Lord knows I am still learning myself. I often am not on because of my lifestyle (night time is mainly mending, sewing, crochet during winter, other times canning overflow and I am sure others are the same. Please don't be discouraged. . . .to teach even one is worth the effort. Maybe one day I'll make one of the chats

 

[Brent S]

I love to be able to pass on knowledge whenever I can and Lord knows I am still learning myself. I often am not on because of my lifestyle (night time is mainly mending, sewing, crochet during winter, other times canning overflow and I am sure others are the same. Please don't be discouraged. . . .to teach even one is worth the effort. Maybe one day I'll make one of the chats

What's the point of any of this if not to ensure future generations are going to continue as well. I'm happy to talk to anyone who's wanting to learn but think young people are more likely to listen more. Most adults are more set in their ways and less likely to believe that things will ever be different. I saw a report on allepo in Syria last night. It was a modern thriving city. Now it's being reduced to rubble and people that survive the bombings are starving to death. Most of the people were similar to us, living in an urban area with power, water, municipal services, etc. knowing some basic things like how to get and make water safe to drink, or how to catch and clean a small animal to eat or how to stay warm will literally keep you alive in tough times. I bet all those people there never thought their lives were going to change either a few years ago. Never stop reaching out to those that will listen. Who knows, maybe if your a good teacher then one of the people you taught will be able to help you out down the road.