New Year, New Goals for Preparedness!
We’ve made it into a new year! Make a survival resolution to elevate your prepping skills. Make it fun. As 2025 begins, it’s the perfect time to refresh your survival strategy and set resolutions to enhance your readiness. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned prepper, these 15 survival-focused resolutions to elevate your prepping will strengthen your skills, resources, and mindset for the year ahead. Let’s dive into practical steps to be ready for anything!
1. Rotate and Restock Your Food Supply
Begin 2025 by checking the expiration dates on your emergency food stash. Replace expired items, reorganize your pantry, and ensure you have a balance of nutrients for long-term emergencies. Create a list of missing items and plan to fill those gaps throughout the year.
2. Build Food Independence
Strive to become less reliant on external food sources. Start a garden, plant fruit trees, or raise chickens for eggs. Even small efforts, like growing herbs or tomatoes in containers, add resilience. Partner with local farmers or join a local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) to bring your food sources closer to home.
3. Increase Your Water Reserves
Water is non-negotiable in an emergency. Expand your storage by purchasing additional containers, installing a rainwater collection system, or even digging a well. Ensure you have multiple methods to purify water, such as filters, tablets, and boiling equipment.
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WaterBrick Features:
- Large Capacity: 3.5 gallons for each WaterBrick, which is 27 pounds of water (suggested 1 gallon per person per day for drinking and hygiene).
- Durable: Made of High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) with two interior conical reinforcement columns. Constructed with a 3 1/4 inch mouth opening for easy filling
- Stackable: Male/female design makes for easy stacking. Recommended stack height is 4 feet (5 WaterBrick high using cross-stack for safety).
- Easy to Store: thin design fits under most beds for easy storage
- Easy Transport: the slim design allows you to walk with 2 WaterBricks without hitting your legs (unlike buckets). The easy-grip-comfort design of the handle allows you to carry more weight (up to 30 pounds filled with water).
- So Many Uses: the wide mouth opening is large enough for an adult hand to reach inside. Store dry goods, other food, bullets, etc. Freeze water inside to create a massive ice block and keep food cold while camping.
- Safe: Meets FDA Standards and is BPA-free, so no harmful chemicals will leach into your water.
WaterBrick Specs:
- Capacity: 3.5 gallons each
- Dimensions: 18" L x 9" W x 6" H each
- Empty Weight: 2.52 pounds each
- Opening: 3 1/4" in diameter
- Wall thickness: 3/32 of an inch (.090")
One 3.5 Gallon WaterBricks Can Store:
- 30 pounds of Water
- 28 pounds of Beans
- 27 pounds of Rice
- 26 pounds of Sugar
- 18 pounds of Pet Food
Convenient, Stackable Water Storage
Store water for any situation, from camping to emergencies, in these easy-to-use, durable WaterBricks. The rubber gasket in the lid creates a tight seal, making this the ultimate no-leak water storage solution. You can even use them to store dry goods like rice, beans, sugar, or pet food. The spigot (may be sold separately; check your bundle) uses a ventless design so water comes out smooth and fast.
4. Master a New Survival Skill
Broaden your skill set by learning something new in 2025. Take a first aid or CPR course, learn to forage, practice self-defense, or try your hand at canning, fermenting, or dehydrating food. Every skill you acquire adds a layer of confidence and capability.
5. Make Essential Items from Scratch
Learn to create vital items like soap, candles, or fire starters. These skills not only reduce dependency on stores but also provide useful bartering tools in an emergency. Challenge yourself to master three DIY essentials this year.
6. Perform a Gear Audit
Thoroughly inspect your survival gear for wear and tear. Repair, replace, or upgrade items as needed. Focus on key kits, such as your bug-out bag and car emergency kit, to ensure they are up-to-date and complete.
7. Build Your Physical Fitness
Preparedness isn’t just about supplies—it’s also about your physical ability to handle emergencies. In 2025, set fitness goals that support your survival readiness. Work on:
- stamina,
- strength,
- and agility with
- hiking,
- weight training,
- or regular cardio exercises.
8. Strengthen Home Security
Make your home a fortress against both natural disasters and potential intruders.
- Install security systems,
- reinforce windows and doors,
- and add motion-sensor lights.
Address region-specific threats like:
- floods,
- hurricanes,
- or wildfires to protect your home effectively.
9. Expand Your Emergency Communication Options
Invest in reliable communication tools like two-way radios, satellite phones, or HAM radios. Create a family communication plan with designated meeting points and protocols. Ensure you know how to operate your devices and keep them ready to use.
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- UNLIMITED COMMUNICATION TIME — The rechargeable walkie-talkie supports micro USB charging. You can charge them indoors, on the road, and even camping and hiking.
- LONG RANGE TRANSMISSION AND CRYSTL CLEAR SOUND — With upgraded custom helix gain antenna, super penetration, and lossless transmission technology. You can speak clearly, and your kids can hear clearly within 1 mile in the yard or indoors. Longer-range communication in open areas with little or no obstruction.
- CRYSTAL CLEAR SOUND — Upgrade to larger speakers, automatic noise reduction technology, and stronger penetration, you can hear clear sound without distortion even in noisy environments and adapt to a variety of harsh working environments
- NOAA EMERGENCY WEATHER BROADCAST ACCESS — Nature is unpredictable, but you can be prepared and ready. NOAA Weather Alert can sound an alarm indicating a risk of severe weather in your area.
- EASY TO USE — The handle's ergonomic shape grants an easy grip. It can be used in one touch with a simple and speedy setup.
- VOX-HANDS FREE & BELT CLIP & WEARABLE LANYARDS —Turn on the Voice and Sound Activation (VOX) system with 3 sensitivity levels. Belt clips and wearable lanyards are available to free your hands and chat.
- FLASHLIGHT & SOS SIRENS — The flashlight can be a helpful camping survival accessory and make you feel safe. It is also an explore toy for kids at night. The SOS alarms can alert others of where you are at any given time. Perfect for extreme weather conditions locations, solo hiking trips, camping, hunting, etc
- 3-YEAR WARRANTY — WisHouse M9 walkie-talkies for adults can be extended to a 3-year guarantee instead of 1 year for a worry-free experience.
- WHAT YOU GET — 4 walkie-talkies, 4 belt clips, 4 wearable lanyards, 12 1000mAh Rechargeable AA Batteries, micro USB charger cable.
10. Focus on Financial Preparedness
Emergencies often come with unexpected expenses. Build a financial cushion by saving an emergency fund, paying down debt, and stockpiling barter items like:
- silver,
- alcohol,
- or ammunition.
Financial security is a critical aspect of preparedness.
11. Conduct Drills for Various Scenarios
Practice makes perfect. Conduct drills that simulate emergencies such as:
- natural disasters,
- power outages,
- or evacuations.
Test your family’s response plan, identify weaknesses, and make necessary adjustments to improve readiness.
12. Strengthen Community Connections
Prepping isn’t a solo endeavor. Build relationships with like-minded individuals and local groups. A strong network provides access to skills, resources, and support during a crisis. Consider starting or joining a prepping group to share knowledge and strategies.
13. Learn How to Barter
Bartering can be a critical skill in emergencies. Practice negotiating and identifying items that make good barter goods, such as:
- tools,
- medical supplies,
- or preserved food.
Bartering not only provides resources but also fosters community ties.
14. Improve Mental Resilience
Preparedness isn’t just physical—it’s mental. Develop coping strategies to handle stress and uncertainty.
- Practice mindfulness,
- meditation,
- or breathing techniques to stay calm in high-pressure situations.
A strong mindset is a survival asset.
15. Plan for Long-Term Sustainability
Think beyond short-term emergencies. Develop plans for long-term survival by:
- exploring renewable energy options like solar panels,
- learning to hunt or fish,
- and understanding permaculture principles for sustainable living.
Step into 2025 Prepared and Confident
This year, take charge of your preparedness journey with these 15 resolutions. Each step brings you closer to a more resilient and capable future. Remember, preparedness is a lifestyle, not a one-time task. Start today, stay consistent, and tackle the year ahead with confidence.
Have you done any survival planning for 2025? What have you done? When did you start your planning? I’m afraid I didn’t start my 2025 planning until last week – ack! I’m still working on it. Writing this article has helped me get going 🙂 Please reply below in the comments on what you have done or are going to do. Thanks!
I’m the daughter of 2 original survivalists who moved from the north to sunny Florida. My mother, along with her parents, bought 30 mostly uncleared acres in 1938. The first home was made of pecky-cypress and built by a house-raising. My mother raised 10,000 chickens.
My divorced mother met and married my father in 1948. From pine trees on our property, he hand-built a log cabin. He also built a tarpaper-lined 65’x45′ pool with duck pond overflow. We had an artesian well for our water and powering our hand-built waterwheel for the pool. He built a substantial cantilevered roof workshop with a car pit in the massive cement floor.
Since my early teens, I have read a ton of books about survival, prepping, the bomb, an apocalypse, homestead living, and SHTF situations. As an adult, I continue to read sci-fi, survival prepping, and science. I practice a prepper lifestyle albeit a bit modified, read a lot, buy a lot, pack/store a lot of anything survival related.
Read my About Me post for more details on our self-sufficient living. I lived there until I went to college in 1968.
My SurvivalPrepperSupply.com blog strives to educate individuals on coping with natural and human-caused disasters using article posts about preparing for emergencies.
