Now that the hoopla of New Year’s Day is over and the shiny newness of resolutions has started to tarnish, it’s time to take a look at the reality of the situation and see where I’m at. I didn’t set any resolutions, but I spent a lot of time in December defining the skills I… Continue Reading
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2013 Skills #12 and #13 – Handgun Permit & Shooting
I conclude my introduction posts on the skills I plan to tackle for the 13-in-13 Challenge run by 13Skills.com as I discuss two topics that revolve around the topic of Protection – Handgun Permit and Shooting. I’ve somewhat dreaded writing this article as the tragic events of December 14th in Newtown, CT have created a… Continue Reading
2013 Skills #10 and #11 – Land Navigation & Tracking
Yesterday I moved out of the house and into the outdoors when I discussed the first two of four Outdoor Skills that I want to learn or master as part of the 13Skills.com 13-in-13 Challenge. Today, I finish up the list of Outdoor skills I want to tackle when I talk about Land Navigation and… Continue Reading
2013 Skills #8 and #9 – Camping & Fire Making
For the last few weeks, I’ve been exploring a list of skills that I plan on learning or mastering in 2013. This process is part of the 13-in-13 Challenge run by the 13Skills.com website. The seven skills I’ve described so far revolve around Home Preparedness skills – blade sharpening, first aid, composting and the like. … Continue Reading
2013 Skills #6 and #7 – Beer Brewing & Composting
Today’s article concludes the seven Home Preparedness skills I previously identified as part of the thirteen skills I want to learn or improve upon in 2013 as part of the 13Skills.com 13-in-13 Challenge. Composting and Beer Brewing, the skills I’m going to talk about today, have very little to do with each other however they… Continue Reading
2013 Skills #4 and #5 – Food Storage & Canning
Today I’m continuing the exploration of my previously identified Home Preparedness skills that I want to learn or improve in 2013 as part of the 13Skills.com 13-in-13 Challenge. Because they go so well together, I’m going to combine two skills in this article: Food Storage and Canning. Our recent experience in Hurricane Sandy really drove… Continue Reading
2013 Skill #3 – First Aid
In the last post, I outline three main areas that I was concentrating my new skills areas in: Home Preparedness, Outdoor Skills and Protection. Today I’m going to talk about another Home Preparedness skill that I’ll be working on in the 13-in-13 Challenge through 13Skills.com – First Aid. It’s pretty evident why knowing some level… Continue Reading
How And Why To Use 13Skills.com
When I sat down to write about the third skill I want to learn in 2013, I realized that I had only briefly glanced over the site that driving me to learn or master thirteen new skills in 2013. So, rather than talk about a skill in-depth today, I thought I’d spend some time going… Continue Reading