Chapter 9Starting to Prepare Now—Five-Minute Planning Steps
This chapter suggests a number of planning actions that can each be carried out in five minutes. The basic idea is that some disaster planning is better than none, and the planning process need not be an onerous obligation.
Overview
For many of us, time is our most precious resource. Why spend it planning for events that might not occur when you already have many pressing demands? The answer is that a variety of unexpected things can happen, as the real-life examples in this book show, and those who took the time to plan generally have benefited from a faster, more complete recovery.
If you remain unconvinced that planning is worth your time, consider the following sets of actions ...
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