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STORYTIME: A Hike to Ice Lakes CO
GenXTalkin - On Being Prepared
10/18/22 • 8 min
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Today we’ll be talking through a great little adventure I had a couple of years back while hiking in colorado.
So what are some applications we can take from this Storytime?
First on a positive note, always keep in mind how important it can be to practice what you preach. How else will we learn if and how the contents of our bug out bags work if we never use them? Taking a long hike, even a multi day hike is a great way to test out some of the components of our bug out bags.
Consider looking at weather and conditions ahead of a trip - I’m sure I still would have gone, even if I’d heard about a foot of snow at the top. But my fellow traveler? He may have either reconsidered the trip, or he may have made additional preparations. Better shoes, more water, maybe some food? But then, this also could have been his way of presenting himself with a scenario and seeing how he responds and gets through it.
Consider the possibility of running into others and be prepared to help. Now there is always the possibility of meeting others on a trail while hiking or biking or just in general while traveling. And in many cases, we’re hard pressed enough to want to carry food and other supplies just for ourselves. But when measuring out the weight of adding an extra power bar, or another life straw water filter, consider how important having the means to help others might be. After all, one is none and two is one, right? This also could mean you yourself might have something that another person might really benefit from.
Consider that even though we may feel better hiking or biking alone - I certainly do. Almost always we can be better together. Having multiple people in an event to support each other - physically, mentally, emotionally can be very important, and can mean the difference between the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat.
Oops, my GenX is showing....
Hope this helps at least someone out there respond well and recover faster.
until next time, this is Matt Marshall signing off.
Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?
Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.
I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.
Until next time... this is monk signing off... better be prepared
10/18/22 • 8 min
2022 Re-Introduction to GenXTalkin on Being Prepared
GenXTalkin - On Being Prepared
10/11/22 • 11 min
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Hey there GenXers. Matt Marshall here checkin in again. It’s been a while, and I’m returning from a long hiatus this summer with a fresh approach to prepping. I’ve traveled seemingly non-stop since May. Ive collected new ideas from the world of hiking and travel and overall preparedness.
GenXTalkin on Being Prepared was built with the plan in mind to help those unfamiliar with prepping become more aware; More aware of things that can cause concern, frustration or even fear, whether those things be simply running out of gas, a child tripping over a crack in the sidewalk, or something more ... life changing.
We’d really like this channel to be a resource anyone can use to enter into the world of preparedness. Maybe even those who've been prepping for a while can learn something important along the way. But it should also be considered multi-directional. Meaning we don’t know everything, and we’d love to hear others’ thoughts and ideas on best ways to prepare and build a community of like minded folks.
But let’s go back to basics for a moment... Why prepare? For me, the need to prepare primarily comes from a lifetime of dealing with difficult situations and having to think and act my way through them with the least amount of negative effects, whether they be physical, emotional, spiritual or mental.
I’d like to share a few stories from my life when preparedness, or lack thereof, was important in one form or another.
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Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?
Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.
I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.
Until next time... this is monk signing off... better be prepared
10/11/22 • 11 min
Fitness and Training With Bug Out Bags - GXT-EP13
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04/29/22 • 44 min
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Well good day to you Genxers. Welcome to the Genxtalkin showshow! I’m Matt Marshall, your host, here to remind us all to keep striving to respond well and recover faster. And Here’s my co-host, Wilksie himself, Mr Ed Wasson! Ed welcome!!
Ed, on today’s episode, I’d really like to drill into fitness, and in particular “fitness with your bug out bag”. We’ve talked about this a number of months back, just hitting on the subject. I do believe it was one of our first episodes. But I think there’s a lot more we could talk through on this, so I thought we’d throw out a few topics and discuss.
Why is this important?
- Types of events
- Snowstorms with stuck car
- Ice Storm and cannot use roads
- Out of gas and need to walk somewhere for help
- Flat tire out on barren roadway
- Civil Unrest
- God forbid the “bigun”... EMP or CME
Let’s consider some physical and mental preparation
- Identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses of self/family
- Medications/Allergies
- Physical limitations
- Can I lift 100 lbs
- Can I carry 50 lbs for distance on my back
- Do I have strong self defense
- Sit Awareness planning
- Location and likelihood of types of events
- What terrain might I be dealing with
- Prioritize your needs
Personal regimens?
- Wish I could do more
- Walk 3-6 miles per day in evening
- Hike whenever possible in different seasons
- Always looking for a change in scenery
- Tie in this type of exercise/practice with other things - like taking nature videos
- Muscle building - very important as the bones start to age
- Comparing sisters in family
- Mind building - important as the brain starts to age
- Comparing family members
What are you doing to prepare yourself to use the CONTENTS of the Get Home Safe kit?
- How often do you start fires
- How often do you go camping
- How often do you test your water filters
- Do you have a good idea of the shelter system(s) you have and their functionality
Well Ed, a very cool and useful show I think for us and our audience. Thanks everyone for joining us. We really appreciate you!
And If we don’t see ya... good afternoon, good evening and good night.
This is GenXTalkin, signing off
Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?
Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.
I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.
Until next time... this is monk signing off... better be prepared
04/29/22 • 44 min
STORYTIME: A Trip To The Desert Caverns GXT-STORY-EP04
GenXTalkin - On Being Prepared
04/08/22 • 54 min
GXT-STORY-EP04 Desert Caverns
Our story today deals with good college buddies Tommy, John, Jason and their girlfriends Jenny, Casi, and Kiersa. These fine American youth just got through their junior year at Shamon U in NEW YORK CITY! They have the opportunity – time, space, and money-wise – and they’ve chosen to travel to the famous Desert Caverns of northern New Mexico (A FICTIONAL NATIONAL MONUMENT intended to seem a lot like Carlsbad Caverns)
[In reality, part of this scenario strongly resembles something I experienced with friends while hiking in the western US.]
They plan their flights and pack their bags. Figuring they are going to the hot desert they all mostly pack shorts and short sleeve tops and shirts. Figuring they might do a bit of hiking on some trails, they take small back packs with pockets for a water bottle.
The group arrived in Albuquerque, NM and rented a car to drive to the Desert Caverns – a three-and-a-half-hour drive.
The townsfolk are friendly with tourists. And at the local greasy spoon called Stop and Puke, they got advice on where to park, where to hike, where to camp, and where to go for the best views.
Interesting reads:
Two Went Out, One Came Back
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/books/two-went-out-one-came-back.html
Missing father and son found dead in Carlsbad Caverns National Park
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Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?
Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.
I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.
Until next time... this is monk signing off... better be prepared
04/08/22 • 54 min
Ed Shares on His Recent Trip To Egypt GXT-EP12
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03/26/22 • 56 min
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In today's episode, Ed shares about his recent trip to Egypt. They visited Cairo, Hurghada, and Luxor, and several spots in between. There's definitely a new style of travel these days. Especially when travelling to certain areas, safety and security become a much greater focus when preparing for and while on the trip.
Enjoy.
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Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?
Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.
I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.
Until next time... this is monk signing off... better be prepared
03/26/22 • 56 min
Active Shooter Review GXT-EP11
GenXTalkin - On Being Prepared
03/10/22 • 79 min
For today’s show, I thought we’d spend some time digging into the details around Active Shooters. I recently attended a webinar presented by a team of people including multiple subject matter experts from private organizations as well as FBI and former FBI members. This was a very well put together set of presentations. It flowed in a very clear pattern of Preparation, Action and Recovery, or P.A.R.
It hit me while I was in the middle of the webinar that our audience, being primarily GenX, would be perfect beneficiaries of the information. Many of us are in positions of management, supervisory, executive level, or heck even business owners. And you’ll see when we review the numbers how much of these activities actually occur in places of business. So it’s important to be aware of what it looks like when and how Mass Shootings and Active shooter events occur.
I’ll break down each throughout the show today
Some links and resources
LINKS and RESOURCES
ASIS – organization for security training and professional development
GSX Show for Security Professionals
ISC – large security shows
Infragard National Member Alliance – organization to join public and private sector security groups
https://www.infragardnational.org/
Counter Terrorism Watch Training (Active Shooter Training P.A.R.)
https://www.ctwatch.us/ctwatch-private-sector-training
The Ultimate Guide to OODA Loop
https://taylorpearson.me/ooda-loop/
Red Cross Training
https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class
Civilian TACMed Training
https://www.t3ops.com/medical/civilian-tacmed/
Non-Military PTSD
https://monkeysee.com/non-military-ptsd/
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Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?
Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.
I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.
Until next time... this is monk signing off... better be prepared
03/10/22 • 79 min
5 Common Questions on Preparedness GXT-EP10
GenXTalkin - On Being Prepared
02/25/22 • 20 min
In this week’s episode, Matt takes a stab at answering 5 common preparedness questions. We’d love to hear your responses to these as well. Feel free to comment below!
Why did you get into preparedness?
What movies/shows or books influenced your preparedness planning most?
Shelter in Place or Bug Out?
If faced with an active shooter-type situation, would it be better to run and hide, or attack the shooter?
What would be some means of communication in a post-apocalyptic world?
Give it some thought!
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Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?
Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.
I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.
Until next time... this is monk signing off... better be prepared
02/25/22 • 20 min
STORYTIME: Out Of Fuel GXT-STORY-EP03
GenXTalkin - On Being Prepared
02/19/22 • 53 min
Out of Gas Book – by Randy Dyess
Define the Consumer Price Index
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consumer%20price%20index
Current Consumer Price Index
https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm
Historical Consumer Price Index
https://www.bls.gov/regions/mid-atlantic/data/consumerpriceindexhistorical_us_table.htm
In the most recent GenXTalkin:Storytime, Ed and Matt review an interesting story and scenario involving a couple who’ve recognized a very difficult event occurring, the lack of fuel. We would technically refer to this as more of a Hi Impact, Low Frequency type of event. But the effects of such an event could be significant to just about everyone throughout the country and possibly the world.
The US economy revolves around the concept of Cheap Oil prices so that business can be done. Airlines, trucking, electric trains, a cities infrastructure, heat, and of course our vehicles, would all be affected. And these could potentially cascade into more significant losses of jobs, access to food and medicine.
Although this is just fiction, it does show a need for the general populace to emphasize preparedness in their day to day lives. We hope it helps to understand how lived could be affected. Enjoy.
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Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?
Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.
I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.
Until next time... this is monk signing off... better be prepared
02/19/22 • 53 min
Situational Awareness In your Area GXT-09
GenXTalkin - On Being Prepared
02/12/22 • 49 min
GXT-09 - Five Concepts on Situational aware in area
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Five Concepts to stay Situationally Aware so We can be Better Prepared
- Multiple weather sources including a local independent meteorologist
- Local Area provider such as (https://justinweather.com/)
- NOAA (https://www.noaa.gov/weather)
- The Weather Channel (https://weather.com/) - often a bit more dramatic
- National Weather Service (https://www.weather.gov/) - weather statements, advisories, warnings and watches
- Health Related Updates
- Local Area Department of Health - for more local info
- CDC - trends related to virus and other disease
- WHO - larger area info especially if traveling
- Multiple News Sites
- Local event breaking news on social media for awareness within your area
- Understand the biases of the new sources you use
- all news sources have biases
- Select multiple sources to get a more balanced understanding
- Avoid opinion sources (unfortunately that’s much of the news)
- Make your own educated and informed decisions
- Local Crime and Other Activities
- SpotCrime Report - email update with weekly stats in local area
- Nextdoor - stay aware of immediate events occurring in local neighborhood
- Phone Apps Like PulsePoint, 311 and CodeRed Alerts
- Tracking Large Natural Events within season
- National Hurricane Center (https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/)
- Storm Prediction Center (https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/)
- Other Events (https://www.weather.gov/alerts)
Sum it up...
- Multiple Weather Sources
- Health Related Updates
- Multiple New Sites
- Local Crime and Other Activities
- Tracking for Large Natural Events
- Save, Like and Follow for more updates like these
Five Concepts to stay Situationally Aware
- Multiple Weather Sources
- Health Related Updates
- Multiple New Sites
- Local Crime and Other Activities
- Tracking for Large Natural Events
- Save, Like and Follow for more updates like these
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Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?
Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.
I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.
Until next time... this is monk signing off... better be prepared
02/12/22 • 49 min
GXT Maslow From a Visit with My Oldest
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11/03/22 • 18 min
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Hey there Genxers, Matt Marshall here, checkin in...
For todays show I wanted to share with you some thoughts I had after a great conversation with my oldest, Josh. He works as an audio production specialist in a major city, and has some unique approaches to prepping I don’t think about very often.
We talk Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. And we have some interesting approaches to how we can apply some of the topics we discuss. We consider the importance of:
- Speaking to others in in a common language
- Prepping a Situational Pack
- And some thoughts around Peak Experiences
Hope you can join us.
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Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?
Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.
I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.
Until next time... this is monk signing off... better be prepared
11/03/22 • 18 min
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GenXTalkin - On Being Prepared currently has 38 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Survival, Podcasts, Education and Bob.
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The episode title 'STORYTIME: A Hike to Ice Lakes CO' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on GenXTalkin - On Being Prepared is 49 minutes.
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Episodes of GenXTalkin - On Being Prepared are typically released every 10 days, 18 hours.
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The first episode of GenXTalkin - On Being Prepared was released on Jul 16, 2021.
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