Your Result
You’re aPractical Planner.
Your instinct to have a system, a clear plan, and a real starting point is exactly what makes this work.
You took this quiz because you’re the kind of person who wants to know what needs to happen and in what order. Checking things off a list is how you make progress feel real. That instinct is a genuine strength when it comes to preparedness.
The challenge is that most prepping content is either too vague to act on, or so overwhelming that momentum stalls before anything actually gets done. You may have started before, stocked a few things, felt a little better, and then life got busy again. That’s not a you problem. That’s what happens when a systems-minded person doesn’t have the right system yet.
The good news is you’re not behind. You just need a clear, honest starting point.
Start with what you actually have.
Before you spend a dime or add anything to a cart, the most grounding thing a Practical Planner can do is take stock of what’s already in the house. Most women are further along than they realize. This checklist gives you a structured way to find out.
It’s built around the 72-hour window because that’s the realistic window where most household emergencies play out. A power outage, a winter storm, a burst pipe that has you out of the kitchen for two days. You want to know you’re covered for that. Start there, and the rest gets easier.
72-Hour Emergency Starter Checklist
A clear, easy-to-follow checklist of what you need for the first 72 hours of any real household emergency.
I didn’t start PrepHERedness because I was a doomsday prepper. I started it because I sat in a national security briefing listening to worst-case scenarios and then watched a bomb cyclone hit our area. Hurricane-force winds. People stranded on the main road in their cars. And I remember thinking: we are not ready for this.
Seven years of personal prepping, a COVID pandemic, and an assignment at NORAD/NORTHCOM later, I decided to build PrepHERedness for women just like you. Practical, grounded, focused on real-life disruptions, not extreme scenarios. Everything I share comes from hundreds of hours of research, my own experiences, and a deep belief that preparedness is a form of insurance. It should reduce anxiety, not create it.
You’re in the right place. And I’m genuinely glad you’re here.