Schedule

Amanda, I know that feeling. Don't envy you. Here's what I did, if it's of any value to you:

1. I sat down and listed all the tasks that I might have to concern myself with. These included the biggies (water, food, fuel, heat for winter in the mountains, garden seeds), and they included some of lesser importance.

2. Then, for each major task I listed sub-tasks. For example, I decided that I could only handle food by making several buys. Some of these would be long storage life foods and were only available (for me) from distant suppliers. Other buys would be at Sams.

3. I listed the items I would get, for each sub-task. I didn't try to buy the full boat's worth of any one item on any buy.......buy a little, store, it, then buy some more. That way, if I sensed that Y2K might turn out to be less of a problem than expected I could always stop buying [haven't done that yet!!!!!]

4. Now, I began scheduling buys. If you were to start today, you'd have a full 18 months until 00. I allowed a good period of time on the back end in case of public panic.....it don't want to be in Sams with 15,000 screaming, pushing people, competing for the last can of peas. I put all of this on paper.

5. Finally, I just began to work to this schedule. Since it's written down I can always see what I have to do. I can also see what I've accomplished.

6. Neither the task list nor the schedule are inflexible. I've already modified the setup I'll use to generate power as I looked, and read, and looked some more, and read some more. That's OK.....because I also gave myself a learning period up front. Since you'll be dealing with a field that you already know, you don't have the learning period. You might also have more time on the back.....the mob will be in Sams, not Cosco.

Anyway, just work slowly through these lists. Nothing has to be done yesterday. It just all has to come together at the end.

Oh yes, no matter how well you plan, and no matter how well you execute the plan, you won't be perfect, so don't beat yourself over the head if you miss something. You'll get 99.9% of it right, and you'll get the most important stuff. That's why a written plan beats running around willy-nilly. [It also calms me down to realize that I'm doing what I should be doing.]

Regards,

Rocky

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