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The 7-Day Home Pantry Plan
By Day 7, your household will know how many days of food it's planning for, what's on the shelf and when it's next checked, and what you'd eat with no stove and no tap water, and you'll have tested the plan once.
The seven days
One decision a day, each with a task that takes about 10 minutes.
- Decide how many days, and for whomList the situations you're planning for, shortest first, and the number of days for each.
- Start from what you already eatA cupboard count and one honest question to each person beat a shopping list.
- Build it a few items a weekA few extra items with each normal shop costs less than one big buy and leaves the shelves for everyone else.
- Plan food that works without water or powerA first layer that needs nothing, then a second layer for when the tap and the stove work.
- Decide where it lives and who checks the datesCool, dark and dry, dated, oldest first, with one person who checks.
- Test it with a pantry drillNo shopping, and one meal with no stove or tap water, shows what your household will really eat.
- Fix the gaps and set a review dateClose the gaps, check diets and pets with the people who know, and tie the checks to routines you already have.
Who it's for
Households in any large city, in a house or an apartment, often short on storage space, who want a food plan built from what they already eat and tested once.
You won't need to buy anything. A pen, a notebook and the people you live with are enough.
It's calm household planning for any country. Each lesson tells you what to check where you live, and in a real emergency, instructions from your local emergency services come first.
Read part of Day 1
Day 1: Decide how many days, and for whom
Most kitchens hold more food than anyone has counted, which makes it easy to assume you're covered. The useful question is narrower: covered for how many days, for whom, and with what still working.
On Monday the flu reached the house. Maria went to bed with a fever, and Thomas opened the delivery app to order soup and bread. The first free slot was days away; half the city seemed to be ordering at once. "Not a problem," he said. "We've got plenty of food."
Today's 10-minute action:
- List the situations you're planning for, shortest first.
- For each, write your local agency's number of days and where you found it.
- Note whether you could cook and whether the tap water would be safe.
- List everyone you're feeding, including pets, and anyone whose diet needs checking.
Tomorrow, you'll count what's already in your cupboards and find out what your household would actually eat.
What happens after you sign up
- Your welcome email arrives straight away.
- Day 1 arrives the next day, then one short email a day for seven days.
- After the course, you'll get one practical preparedness email every two weeks, plus occasional news about new courses and kits.
Every email has a one-click unsubscribe link, and you can use it at any time.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. All seven daily lessons are free.
How long does it take?
About 10 minutes a day for seven days.
Do I need to buy anything?
No. A pen, a notebook and the people you live with are enough. Each lesson starts with what you already have, so you find the gaps before you decide what's worth buying.
Does it work if we rent?
Yes. Nothing in the course needs installing, so it works the same in a rented apartment or house.
Someone in my household thinks this is paranoid. Is it for us?
The course plans for one ordinary disruption, and you work through it together, so everyone knows their part.
Which country is it for?
Any. The course doesn't assume one country's laws or services; it tells you what to check where you live.
Will you try to sell me something?
Days 5 to 7 mention an optional printable kit that follows the course. It's sold through GrokoryAI, the company behind Preparedism. You don't need it, because every lesson works with a pen and paper.
Who are Thomas and his family?
A fictional household whose week of planning runs through each lesson. Their mistakes are there so you can spot yours earlier.
Start The 7-Day Home Pantry Plan
The Home Pantry Plan Kit is a printable fill-in version of this plan, US$27, sold through GrokoryAI, the company behind Preparedism. See what's inside the Home Pantry Plan Kit.
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