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30 Before 30 List Item #4

8
Sep 2009

Or really, Item #3 Part Deux.

**Feeling Secure**

So, I talked a lot in my lost blog about always feeling nervous about money and wanting to be prepared for any kind of financial emergency. Well, my next item also has to do with feeling prepared. I am a very nervous person. I spend a lot of time worrying about things that will never happen. Ian always jokes about the fact that when I talk about being prepared, I always say, “In case there is an alien attack”. Now, I don’t really believe that aliens are going to attack us. (Although, I may have just totally jinxed us..) I am, however, worried about the state of the world. There is a lot of scary stuff going on in the world all the time. I worry all the time about how I could protect my family if there was a real emergency in our town. Last Winter we had a big storm and lost power for 3 days. We were totally unprepared. We had to go to the store across town 4 times to buy flashlights, batteries, water, etc…

While I was thinking about how much having an adequate savings account would give me piece of mind, I also started thinking, what if I was totally prepared for other kinds of emergencies? That is even less things to stress about! (Although I am sure I would find something!) So, one of my goals is to put together an adequate emergency kit of food, water, supplies, etc.. so that I feel comfortable that we would be able to handle most situations that arise. This may make me sound like a total paranoid freak, but atleast I will be a total paranoid freak that is well prepared