Free 7-day email courses for households in big cities. One short email a day, about 10 minutes each, and a written plan by Day 7.
For households who want to be ready for ordinary disruptions, like a power outage that lasts days or the water going off, without turning it into a hobby.
Start with The 7-Day Power Outage Plan. It covers the first hour, water, food and charge.
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Pick the course that fits your household and enter your email. The welcome email arrives straight away.
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For seven days, each email covers one decision and ends with a task that takes about 10 minutes.
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By Day 7, your household has a written plan and has tested it once at home.
Not sure where to start? Start with The 7-Day Power Outage Plan. It covers the first hour, water, food and charge. Each course stands on its own.
Free 7-day email course
A plan for getting through a power outage that lasts several days at home.
Free 7-day email course
A household water plan for when the tap water is off or not safe to drink.
Free 7-day email course
A household food plan for a stretch when you can't get to the shops.
Free 7-day email course
A household plan for the medicines, devices and care the people in your home depend on.
Free 7-day email course
A plan for leaving your city when staying is no longer the safer option.
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Every lesson follows Thomas, his partner Maria, their daughter Anna (16), their son Patrick (12) and Kujo, their pug, as they build their own plan. Thomas likes to be the one with the answers. Each day he notices a gap, listens to the person it affects and makes one better decision.
They're fictional. Their mistakes are there so you can spot yours earlier.
We write calmly and practically, without fear selling or disaster-movie drama, for households who want to start with what they already own.
Every lesson works in any big city. Instead of assuming your country's rules, we tell you what to check locally, and in a real emergency, instructions from your local emergency services come first.
A printable fill-in kit for writing, testing and keeping a household plan to leave the city when staying is no longer the safer option.
US$27. Sold through GrokoryAI, the company behind Preparedism.
A printable fill-in kit for writing, testing and keeping a household plan for a power outage that lasts several days while you stay at home.
US$27. Sold through GrokoryAI, the company behind Preparedism.
A printable fill-in kit for working out, storing, rotating and testing your household's water, and knowing what to do when the tap water isn't safe.
US$27. Sold through GrokoryAI, the company behind Preparedism.
A printable fill-in kit for working out how many days of food your household plans for, building it from what you already eat, storing it in a small home, keeping it in date, and testing it once with no stove and no tap water.
US$27. Sold through GrokoryAI, the company behind Preparedism.
A printable fill-in kit for writing down who in your home depends on which medicines, devices and care, keeping the medicine cabinet in date and safely stored, keeping one list for each person, planning a sick room and one caregiver, checking the first aid kit, and testing the plan once.
US$27. Sold through GrokoryAI, the company behind Preparedism.
Preparedism publishes free 7-day email courses that help households in big cities write and test a plan for when the usual stops working, such as a power outage that lasts several days or a problem with the water supply. Each email takes about 10 minutes, and by Day 7 your household has a written plan it has tested once at home.
A lot of prepping and survivalist content is about gear, stockpiles and self-reliance in a worst-case scenario, often written for one dedicated person. Preparedism is household planning for city life. Each course takes one specific disruption, such as a long power outage, and plans it with the people you live with: who needs help first, who does what and how you reach each other. It starts with what you already own, is written calmly without fear selling, and tells you what to check with your local services. If you already prep, a course helps turn your supplies into a written plan the whole household knows.
There are 5 free courses: The 7-Day Power Outage Plan, The 7-Day Household Water Plan, The 7-Day Home Pantry Plan, The 7-Day Medicine and Care Plan and The 7-Day City Exit Plan. Each one stands on its own, so you can start with any of them.
Start with The 7-Day Power Outage Plan. It covers the first hour, water, food and charge. You don't need any experience: each course takes about 10 minutes a day and ends with a short test at home, which is where gaps show up while there's still time to fix them. When you've finished one, choose the next.
The courses plan for ordinary disruptions, such as a power outage that lasts a few days. You plan together, so everyone knows their part. In the power outage course, Day 1 is simply agreeing what happens in the first hour.
No special gear. Every course starts with a pen, a notebook and what you already have at home, so you find the gaps before you decide what's worth buying. When a plan does need more, such as a few days of extra food, the pantry course builds it up a few items at a time with your normal shopping. It starts from food your household already eats and keeps it in rotation, so nothing sits at the back of a cupboard going out of date.
Any large city. The courses are written for households in large cities in the US, Canada, the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Laws, services and emergency arrangements differ from place to place, so each lesson tells you what to check where you live. In a real emergency, instructions from your local emergency services come first.
Every course is free. Days 5 to 7 mention an optional printable kit that follows the course, sold through GrokoryAI, the company behind Preparedism. You don't need it, because every lesson works with a pen and paper.