MATRIX........an environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium or structure.
It is my opinion and observation that preppers start and maintain their prepping from what they can grasp. To use the onion analogy, they start from the small center, and gradually work out, ever expanding the layers of their prepping.
This works fine till the prepper gets to "some" yet to be discovered point in their prepping.
When working from the center out it appears there are infinite layers through which the prepper can advance. The "concept" of reaching some outer layer is a kind of motivation or goal. Even as the goal is obscure at best. And there is in fact no need of a "matrix" or "surrounding structure" in which to hold the prepping effort/goal.
At some point I recently realized........I now need a "surrounding structure" to encompass the existing layers, so as to allow forward decisions. Now it is far less about prepping, and the priority has shifted to closely monitoring of that which is outside of the onion.
It is my opinion and observation that preppers start and maintain their prepping from what they can grasp. To use the onion analogy, they start from the small center, and gradually work out, ever expanding the layers of their prepping.
This works fine till the prepper gets to "some" yet to be discovered point in their prepping.
When working from the center out it appears there are infinite layers through which the prepper can advance. The "concept" of reaching some outer layer is a kind of motivation or goal. Even as the goal is obscure at best. And there is in fact no need of a "matrix" or "surrounding structure" in which to hold the prepping effort/goal.
At some point I recently realized........I now need a "surrounding structure" to encompass the existing layers, so as to allow forward decisions. Now it is far less about prepping, and the priority has shifted to closely monitoring of that which is outside of the onion.