Podcast 18 Training Logs

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What’s Going On:

Log on handgun and rifles shooting

  • Malfunction rate
  • How many between malfunctions
  • What caused the malfunctions
  • Ammo you like/the gun likes
  • Total number of rounds fired

Training log

  • What training you’ve been througH
    • If you are a trainer add those classes you’ve taught with an outline
  • Instructor contact info
  • What was covered
  • What you will use or adopt
  • Blogs with info you are going to use

Equipment log

  • Last time you cleaned your gun
  • Sharpened your knife
  • Tested your pepper spray
  • Replaced the batteries in your lights

Vehicle serviced

  • Oil change and checked out (I get my truck’s oil change every 5,000 miles and checkout every 10,000)

Checked your emergency supplies

  • Found a pack rate living in my go bag I kept in the garage one time
  • Rotten food
  • Does the clothing still fit in the bug out kits
  • Insurance information
    • Life insurance (I’ve used Zander Insurance in the Past for life and health insurance)
    •  Will (checkout WillMaker software at Nolo.com or Legalzoom.com
    •  Living Will
    •  Who gets your kids
    •  Health insurance
    •  Disability Insurance
    • Back up files and
    • Lists of your stuff if there is a fire (I keep pictures on Evernote.com)

Stay Safe,

Ben

 

One Reply to “Podcast 18 Training Logs”

  1. Lots of great info in this episode.

    Two comments about the will stuff, from my experience as a paralegal: Even if handwritten wills are legal in your state, preparing a proper will (and, in some places, filing a copy with the probate court) will alleviate a lot of uncertainty about people’s ability to challenge the validity of the will. Also, if you use an online site or software package to prepare your will, strongly consider paying a lawyer to spend an hour or two looking it over and checking for problems. The law changes a lot more quickly than software packages are updated, and having a lawyer look over the final document is a prudent precaution. Even once your will is done, you should consider having a lawyer take a look at it every few years, just because the law can be so fluid.

    As to living wills: Think very carefully about who you want to give your decision-making authority to, and try to make your wishes as explicit as possible. In a crisis situation, you don’t want your loved ones to have to make difficult choices because you weren’t clear about what you wanted. I need to update my will and living will to accommodate some life changes coming up here, and when I do, I’m going to give the decision-making authority to a friend who I trust and who has a little more objectivity than a closer family member.

    Happy new year, and thanks for all that you do – and glad to hear your sister’s doing better!

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