Mar 23 • Beginner Prepper Curriculum
Beginner Prepper’s Journey: Week 13 – Bartering & Trade: Building a Survival Economy
Welcome to Week 13: When Cash is Useless, Skills & Supplies Rule
Congratulations on making it to another week of your prepping journey! As you continue to grow your preparedness mindset, it’s time to shift focus from just personal survival to economic survival. In a true crisis, when banks close and paper money loses value, barter and trade become the new economy.
This week, we’ll teach you how to identify what holds value, what to trade, and how to stay safe while doing it.
Why Bartering Matters in a Collapse
- Money may lose value overnight in a crisis.
- Supplies and skills become the new currency.
- Building a survival economy helps you and your community thrive, not just survive.
Tasks for Week 13
1. Identify Valuable Barter Items
- Focus on high-demand, low-supply essentials:
- Make a list of what you have to spare and what you’d be willing to trade.
2. Inventory Your Skills as Barter Assets
- What skills do you have that are useful in a crisis?
- Practice and improve one barterable skill this week.
3. Create a Barter Kit
- Store small tradeable items in organized, waterproof containers.
- Include common sizes (like travel-sized hygiene items or mini lighters) for easy trading.
- Keep your kit accessible but protected—you don’t want it to be stolen.
4. Practice Trade Scenarios
- Create mock barter deals with your household or preparedness group.
- Learn to negotiate without giving away desperation.
- Practice trading with trust but always stay cautious—security comes first.
5. Build Your Local Trade Network
- Know who in your area is a resource. Can you exchange food for repair work? Training for gear?
- Start forming discreet connections now—you won’t want to scramble when SHTF.
The Outcome: Why This Matters for You
✅ Survive the Collapse – When money means nothing, you’ll have what people actually need.
✅ Leverage Your Value – You’ll trade supplies or skills to get what you don’t have.
✅ Build Community Resilience – Preparedness is powerful alone—but unbeatable together.
Bartering is more than trading—it’s about staying valuable in a world that’s lost its system. Be the one people come to, not the one left begging.
March: The Final Push Toward Self-Sufficiency
You’ve made massive progress this month. Now it’s time to lock in the final elements of survival success—economic resilience, sustainable systems, and community building.
Reflection Questions
At the end of this week, ask yourself:
- What items or skills do I currently have that would hold barter value in a collapse?
- What am I missing that I could trade for?
- Have I begun building a trusted trade network I could rely on?
Write your answers down to track your progress and identify gaps to fill.
Next Week: We’ll be diving into Emergency Sanitation & Hygiene – How to Stay Healthy When the System Breaks Down.
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Have a great week, class!
Coach Dex
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Beginner Prepper’s Journey: Week 13 – Bartering & Trade: Building a Survival Economy
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