| Just as successful businesses have projected five | | | | plan to achieve within the next five years. It only |
| year plans created to plot and monitor their potential | | | | makes good sense to realize that your financial |
| progress and to achieve maximum growth potential, | | | | situation will change somewhat within five years. You |
| the active survivalist should have a similar plan in | | | | may receive raises which would increase your |
| existence. Successful provisions for the survival of | | | | possible input to your survival program or on the |
| yourself and your family do not happen overnight but | | | | other hand you may foresee a decrease in your |
| require a long term personal commitment by you as | | | | expendable income as a result of a pending |
| well as your family members. These commitments will | | | | retirement. Make your goals as clear and precise as |
| necessitate making any sort of changes in your | | | | you possibly can. Make use of any experience that |
| survival plans as needed in order to meet your set | | | | you have gained in your survival resources to create |
| survival goals. | | | | an achievable five year plan. |
| Often you will see your survival results begin | | | | Review these plans on a monthly basis to see just |
| immediately as you build up your food supply or | | | | where you stand with your survival progress. When |
| create your bug out bags; however the long-term | | | | accomplishing your plans you should fully understand |
| payoff will require a more elaborate strategic plan. | | | | that the process continuously changes as it applies to |
| You will need to continually monitor and modify your | | | | the survivalist, therefore break your survival program |
| bug out route as required to keep them it up to date | | | | down into phases. Phase one may be food storage, |
| as well as to account for changing situations. As | | | | phase two may be bug out bags, etc. It is important |
| members of your group grow in age the bug out bag | | | | to use these phased type approaches to effectively |
| requirements also become different. No longer are | | | | achieve your survival requirements so you may add |
| your children toddlers but have progressed the seven | | | | additional capabilities in your later phases. As an |
| to ten year old range. Perhaps your parents are no | | | | example, phase one - food storage. In a five year |
| longer in their prime of life but quickly approaching | | | | period your requirements may be different. Perhaps |
| the senior age group. These changes are constant | | | | you have added another family member. Do you now |
| and your five year plan will take many of them into | | | | need to stock up on baby foods of some sort? Has |
| account. Your coordination between other survivalists | | | | someone developed a particular problem at |
| as well as with various survival agencies will vary as | | | | consuming one of the foods you have stored up on |
| the months roll on in order to maximize your program | | | | previously? These things change and must be |
| results. | | | | reviewed in your five year plan. The end result is the |
| Your five year plan should contain the following types | | | | achievement of maximum survivability for yourself |
| of elements for consideration. Fully map out your | | | | and your family. |
| revenue generating and cost savings goals which you | | | | |