The inventory control dilemma

            This a "think about it" post.

            The questions are many, and the solutions demand decisions, mostly about your situation. My  priority is medium to low.

            If you're like me and most, then the Q&A is a good problem to have, though most of us want to avoid controversy, at least until put into some kind of leadership position. Said another way,  principles apply;  and then it is a crap shoot, of sorts, again depending on your judgment about your own situation, and present circumstances. And the questions generally make you think about what is important to you, which helps me in deciding my own priorities.

            So I'll use myself as an example of what I think and worry about. In my case I try to resolve my priorities, mostly what principles I will use for myself and my Family if times should get hard.

            And it comes down to this...food, shelter, and clothing.

            And I do not have a green thumb, but also I know I like eating food, so that should sort out, whether I like it or not. Even I know to use ideas like FIFO (first in first out) and labeling food dates to help me manage shelf life problems.

            Now shelf life problems often occur with the food we eat, and often to include the medicines we take.  In a hard time's scenario, one can store these things in places away from the sun, light, and heat,  to extend the shelf life for example, like beyond good times dates.

            Even I am wacko enough to worry about shelter. Mostly that means keeping the rain and snow off of me. Along with that idea, I have a way to better insure clean water to use for all the normal reasons, and even have a waste water system to best ensure my health.  Like I don't want to get cholera like the people in Haiti got, as an example.

            And I like being warm in all seasons. Usually clothes in layers are a good way to go. Now how to do that smartly is another example of inventory control, including  little things like buttons and sewing by hand. Like do I have enough thread and metal and plastic buttons stored, for example?

            So bottom line, to me, is the inventory control dilemma, mostly applied to food. Like I suggested,  it really is a crap shoot when using your judgment and guesses about your, and your Family's  future;  like to stockpile it, chance it going bad, or just eat it in time. And where I live, all things seem to have a different shelf life, like canned foods vs. 50 lb. bags of rice vs. anti-biotics, for example.

            Suddenly, going out with my tractor and bucket to do driveway pot-hole maintenance has more appeal to me right now. Call it an avoidance to the thought method. There the mental and physical demands are different for this GaTech and Marine fellow. Some go to the movies...I go to my tractor these days.

            Even though I do have to eat when it is all done.