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Introducing My Preparedness Progress: Track Your Readiness, One Step at a Time

September 16, 2026 3 min read 404 readsBy Michael Similie
Introducing My Preparedness Progress: Track Your Readiness, One Step at a Time

Getting ready for hard times can feel overwhelming. There is so much to think about: water, food, power, a place of refuge, and above all a heart anchored in God. Where do you even begin, and how do you know you are making progress? That is exactly why we built the new My Preparedness Progress tracker.

A simple checklist, grouped by the Five Pillars

When you sign in, you will find a personal checklist organised around the five foundations this academy is built on: Water Security, Wholesome Food and Healthy Living, Independent Energy and Home Systems, Country Living and Refuge Thinking, and Spiritual Preparedness. Each pillar holds a handful of practical, achievable steps, from storing two weeks of drinking water to saving your own seed, from building a blackout kit to keeping the Sabbath as a true day of rest.

Tick it off, and watch it grow

Every step you complete is saved to your account, so you can return any time and pick up where you left off. The page shows your overall readiness as a simple percentage, and a progress bar for each pillar, so you can see at a glance where you are strong and where a little more attention would help. There is no pressure and no comparison with anyone else. This is your journey, taken one faithful step at a time.

Small steps, faithfully taken

Preparedness is not about fear. It is about wise stewardship and quiet confidence, doing what we can and trusting God with the rest. A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself (Proverbs 22:3). The tracker is simply a tool to help you turn good intentions into real, steady action.

How to begin

Sign in and open My Preparedness Progress from your dashboard, or find it in the menu. Start with whichever pillar feels most urgent for your family, tick off what you have already done, and choose one new step to work on this week. If you would like a hand along the way, our printable guides break many of these steps down in detail, and a coach can walk alongside you.

Start tracking your progress.

"A prudent man foresees the evil, and hideth himself." Proverbs 22:3

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