You hear a text jingle from your pocket. You pull your phone out but there’s no longer cell service despite being in the middle of a city. Something is seriously wrong and you figure that out faster than most. It’s time to get by based on what you carry with you every day. Doesn’t matter how cool the contents of your gun safe are or how many MRE’s you have at home. When something goes wrong you’re left with what you’ve dedicated to carrying.
Your everyday carry (EDC) should be refined often. Just in the course of writing this article I’ve decided I can and should be more well stocked with whats in my vehicle. Even without carrying a ton of stuff in my pants pockets, I can also put a few more things in my jacket which stays close at hand or in the car nearby.
The things that follow me every day are:
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You hear a text jingle from your pocket. You pull your phone out but there’s no longer cell service despite being in the middle of a city. Something is seriously wrong and you figure that out faster than most. It’s time to get by based on what you carry with you every day. Doesn’t matter how cool the contents of your gun safe are or how many MRE’s you have at home. When something goes wrong you’re left with what you’ve dedicated to carrying.
Your everyday carry (EDC) should be refined often. Just in the course of writing this article I’ve decided I can and should be more well stocked with whats in my vehicle. Even without carrying a ton of stuff in my pants pockets, I can also put a few more things in my jacket which stays close at hand or in the car nearby.
The things that follow me every day are:
The things that stay with me most days are:
The Car-Kit I’m building right now:
You can’t plan for every emergency while continuing on your normal daily life without driving a Humvee loaded down with shock troopers. Plan for the basics. Food, water, security and getting home alive. Don’t imagine what you might carry someday, take a look at what you’ve got now and decide if that’s adequate. If you aren’t in the habit of carrying something, you really aren’t likely to have it when you need it. They say it takes about 30 days to make something into a habit, so start today.
This article was originally published on the Loadout Room and written by Rex Nanorum
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