I don’t know about all of you, but I always feel like there’s always room to improve or become more efficient with how I do things. The Coronavirus situation got me thinking: we’ve been doing supply/grocery store runs since late January and a final one last week and we should’ve gotten everything in one trip back in late January when I had a feeling that this thing could become big.
I’m creating a list of everything I did and should’ve done, such as checking OTC medications, fish antibiotics for the goldfish, filling gas/propane tanks, etc... Aside from purchasing provisions, there’s also a decent amount of time at night taking inventory of what exactly we have already.
Another example, I always knew that if SHTF the first thing I would need to do is put Stabil in the car gas tanks to preserve the fuel. Of course I only had a small bottle of Stabil for the lawn equipment, so back to the store I went. It’s trips like this I am trying to avoid, so I thought a list would be helpful.
If this ever happens again, I’ll be able to check off everything in an orderly fashion instead of “I forgot frozen juice concentrate for the kids (because we never use concentrate), and I might as well get some frozen vegetables while I’m at it.” We should’ve picked these up on our first food run.
What all are you doing to learn from this event? Is there anything you would’ve done differently to prepare for Coronavirus?
I’m creating a list of everything I did and should’ve done, such as checking OTC medications, fish antibiotics for the goldfish, filling gas/propane tanks, etc... Aside from purchasing provisions, there’s also a decent amount of time at night taking inventory of what exactly we have already.
Another example, I always knew that if SHTF the first thing I would need to do is put Stabil in the car gas tanks to preserve the fuel. Of course I only had a small bottle of Stabil for the lawn equipment, so back to the store I went. It’s trips like this I am trying to avoid, so I thought a list would be helpful.
If this ever happens again, I’ll be able to check off everything in an orderly fashion instead of “I forgot frozen juice concentrate for the kids (because we never use concentrate), and I might as well get some frozen vegetables while I’m at it.” We should’ve picked these up on our first food run.
What all are you doing to learn from this event? Is there anything you would’ve done differently to prepare for Coronavirus?
