How to Sane During the Pandemic by Nutnfancy 

**** I am from Montana we are naturally isolated

4.5 out of 5. Been preparing for too many years to count. Not happy about what’s happening but so glad we prepared.

Nutnfancy, in large part because of your videos and advice over the years I was reasonably prepared for something like our current circumstances. I have loved ones who didn't listen but I am fortunately able to help them to some degree. They now are asking about the ability to defend themselves. I'm working through the frustration of being ignored all this time to help them to whatever degree I can. Thank you for the service you provide us through the project. "The owl is on the shed."

Previous eras have gone through worse but society has never been this fragile.

I want doodle to design some TP TNP patches and shirts.. you’re welcome! Hahaha

I'm at 5 stars nutnfancy. Even though I have very little money and very very little supplies I fear not and I worry not for God is my guide and my Lord and he provides for me all that I need and as the birds in the trees I do not have to worry about tomorrow. Much love from Illinois, and thanks for your content.

Garden Time - Grow food, see sky, touch soil, see living green things.

5 stars for me! I am getting so much done around the house and am In the best shape i have been in for a while. Been splitting lots of firewood for next winter.

I've also been social distancing by spending time on my motorcycle. Knocking some miles down adds some peace to the soul.

I'm at a 4-4.5 thanks to the many years of TNP vids preparing me for times like these. A big THANK YOU to you Nutn!

4.5 Stars food supply, tp, and ammo is plentiful. Considered essential at my work so money is still coming in.

I'd rank a 5. I'm lucky enough to work at home, and rarely go out much anyway, so not much impact on my daily life. I know a lot of others are hurting, so my heart goes out to them. I've really nothing to complain about.

Nutn, you've been in your bible lately. It's apparent in the way you approach some of these topics. Keep the faith, and God bless your family. Thanks for putting your energy into reaching people you'll likely never meet.

I’m feeling 5 stars right now. I have been growing vegetables for my community at my small family farm. And we are still able to keep our employees paid, for that we are thankful.

That's some good looking pizza there nutn

Great advice as usual! Glad you're still around doing what you do, it's appreciated.

Four stars. Been watching since 09, in rural Ga, so I’m blessed. Man, I have always had a lot of respect for you. These last few videos have really been awesome. I really appreciate you being open with your faith. I think if more people who have a public platform we’re not afraid to talk about what’s important, more people could be reached. Great content, I was a patron member, be dollars really started counting. I am over forty, my wife and I were told we couldn’t have children. We never gave up on hope, now we have two boys under five. I farm for a living, and my wife is able to stay at home. Our lives have not really changed a whole lot. I really appreciate what you do for all of us.

4.5 - 5 Both my wife and I are considered essential in a critical infrastructure position. So our pay hasn't changed, we had years of food storage, 3 sources of water on property, chickens, goats, rabbits, and fish in our livestock. Also a garden that produces all the veggies we need. It is amazing what living a prepping lifestyle is compared to collecting gear.

ONE OF TOUR BEST VIDEO BRO! Great insight. This should be a public service announcement

5 stars here NUTN! Probably an original sub from the early days, preparedness has been a part of me since I was a scout. Was a volunteer firefighter for 10 years, storm chasing over a decade, self employed with employees for most of my adult life, married 27yrs, kids, grand kids. So far, everyone healthy. Stay safe buddy, and God bless!

It is such an added bonus that you claim your faith and make no apologies for it. Thanks for all your hard work and God bless you!!! Never stop!

5 stars. Love being with the wife and kids all day. Fully supplied and squared away thanks to watching you for many years.

5 stars, now being elderly (60yrs) I'm not leaving my home or giving up my firearms, also I'm a reloader and a retired Marine.

I never comment on videos, but this one is exceptional. Great inspiration and ideas. Love the positive and warrior mentality

I'm going 4 stars, both me and the wife are working. we have water, food ammo and good faith in the lord. taking the opportunity to prove out our preps and plans of operation.. kids out of school for the summer i'm making the best of it.. we have been getting out of the house on mini adventures as much as possible.. just had my 35th b-day and the wife bought me a p365 so I'am still pumped from that dudes!! hoping and praying things all work out for us all and hope we all learn from this!! take this time and learn what you can to really get back to basics and make things simple.. the old way of living is going to come back around I think! Thanks for the great content and positive outlook Nutn really look up to you brother!

Armed State security officer, considered essential. 4 stars as I am prepared and supplied. Bummed about the lack of sports

5 stars brother. Good to go. Stocked up on everything. Money is good and job as a trucker is better than ever. Alls well here

This video is awesome on many levels, thanks nutn you're the man! Brought laughter and interesting perspectives on the different talking points, Thanks Nutn

Running a 3.5 on the scale. Keeping busy and keeping the family engaged a 5. We are fed contractors and our business slowed down big until the last week of March. Now it’s coming back and we are much better. Stay safe, be smart and don’t get caught up in the suck to much. Love the videos.

Thank you for this video Nutnfancy! Me and my family appreciate it! God bless you and your family!

When I was young I never needed anyone...All by Myself....All By Myself.. A Grateful, Safe, Prepared, and OUTSTANDING 5 stars! My family is well and safe. Cooking supper and watching LT! This whole thing has been a good test. Yes the test is not over, its not time to put down your pencil. I guess a garden is the next project been thinking about that but not acting. Thank you for all you do. Stay well and safe.

I'm actually at a 5, thanks to watching these videos all these years. It's been a decade at least. After prepping for years, we have plenty of high morale food, clean water, ammo, and even candy and deserts. Two full freezers. Electric has been fine but I just serviced the generator so there's no worries there. All the cars and fuel cans are topped off. I work from home already so no disruption there. Have had a lot of time to work on archery skills though and built an atlatl last weekend that I'm getting better at. I maybe want for a salad and realize I should be growing my own and maybe build some raised beds in the front yard. Sounds like another project! My best advice is just stay busy. You know what they say about idle hands.

I've been a double owl TNP'r for the last 10 years and I'm a patreon member as well. This video is low key one of my top 10 favorites all time. I always love your philosophy vids, especially when you talk community and family. I'm always striving to be a better husband and father (our second is on the way). Thanks for the words of advice Nutn.

5 stars, I feel for anyone suffering. I have been out of work for about 2 weeks, first time in 20 years. My wife works at the hospital and money is not a problem. I have been having great times with my kids, bike rides, hiking, canoeing. We are following the social distancing and staying close to home, but that won’t stop us from having fun and making the best of things. This has brought my family closer together.

Thanks for this nutn. Gonna assign myself a project each day then relax at night for an hr playing metal gear solid on my old ps2. That's my plan this week.

Love the feature length Thanks for doing these videos

Living it out here in S. Louisiana. I’m at a level 3. Still got a job, truly concerned about what lies ahead and the continued seeming flip flop on time frames. Thanks Nutn for all your vids. They are good to watch during my day while avoiding news

im about a 3 star. Keep up the excellent work Nutn!

Dude your videos rock as usual...! 👍 Keep them coming!

Loved the vid, Nutn! I took your advice before you gave it, we're getting a little great pyrenees puppy in 5 days! Looking forward to the adventures an extra four legs will bring to the home.

Glad you and yours are doing great bro. Yeah, we had our 6.5 up here, that was crazy. I've been get'n the kids out doing some hunting and fishing for the freezer meet. There is already a mule deer in there, but jack rabbits and fish also add up. Thanks for the vids. Running my biz here in Nampa ID is still going like normal.. people are hoarding laptops like they are TP. :D

Litterally just roofed my house and currently working on putting in laminate flooring through the whole house as well. Great video.

I've been playing a shit ton of video games but I also workout, made some target stands, built a shelf for my work bench, then organized my tools and cleaned up the garage. Also got the bike out a bit.

So much truth in having work (keeping busy) in your life. I've been thinking and doing exactly that through this time.

Embrace the suck. Love it. More people need to know this. Took me way to long to find this second channel.

Still relevant... Thanks a lot! Last year was a 2 for me, a 1 for my wife. Now it's a 4 for me and a 3 for my wife. We still have to do more, both of us. This is enlightening, thanks again.

5 * God is great. Praise Jesus, I hope more people realize what life is about through this trial. Thanks for the work you do Nutnfancy!

Excellent video Nutn! I aspire to be a man like you sir. Thanks so much for all your content!

TNP is a great source of hope, inspiration, positivity, and humor! Keep it up! And God's speed to you and your's!!! Can't wait to get back to talkin about guns and distance shooting...

Invaluable advice. Thanks Nutn

Honestly... about 3 stars. It’d be higher if I wasn’t poor. 😆 I’m great on ammo, food, weaponry, and still working.

Love your content brother! You're like a second Father! Too much wisdom!!!

4.5 here. I do all the cooking and needlework in my house too. Sew what! Dad joke. My girlfriend is a scrapbooker too. Great video as always!

Great advice, I have already replaced my hot water heater, cleaned my shed and organized all my shooting and fishing gear.

That opening got me laughing. Kudos to you sir!

Great video, and thank you! I would have to rate myself a 4.5. Luckily I am working from home to begin with on a contracted photography project. Even though I am here alone I still like to get out and of course all the ranges are shut down. I just hop on the old KLR and head up the canyons. Still too much snow to do too much off road, but the time will come when I can ride around and find new fishing spots and camp off the bike. Life is always what you make it for yourself. A sense of accomplishment and pride in our work has great value (along with some play time now and then). The garden is going to be spectacular this year. Every vehicle has fresh fluids, and the bathroom has probably been cleaned to many times for a bachelor this past month. Other things to do and this is a good time for are: Clean out the old gear that doesn't get used and has been sitting for years. Donate it to a friend that might need it or something like Boy Scouts that can put it to use. Old pots and pans that are not utilized went to goodwill. Even books no longer used went to the little local library. Our small town doesn't even have a gas station, but everyone here uses the library and they have no funds to purchase books.

OK, playing catch with yourself (actual story) when I was 11 I moved to a new city during the summer. School hadn't started and I didn't know anyone to hang out with. My mom had a back injury and couldn't play catch, and my dad worked long hours. So... I taught myself to throw and catch a football by (get this) throwing it (at an angle) to my steep roof. It then came down at a different angle, and I would run and try to catch it before it hit the ground. I also had a Daisy Powerline BB gun and some plastic army men. Good times. Not a recommendation exactly, but if you've got no one else, you CAN play catch with yourself. (Provided you have a steep enough roof!) Haha

My city here in CA has closed all public parks and outdoor recreation areas. I used go to the park nearly every day and do calisthenics. It made me feel so good. How in the heck are they going to enforce this bs??

Really liked some of these ideas sir.

5 stars here. Paid to stay home and I had a huge project I planned on working on a bunch anyways. More top cover this way.

I’d say currently 4 stars. I’ve been better, but it definitely could be worse. Thanks for the years of content you’ve provided us to prepare for situations like this!

One of the best videos you've done

5 stars for me - I'm an introverted workaholic with ADD, which means there is no place I would rather be than staying home and working on a million projects in my shop or in the yard. I can't relate to people who get bored. All the things we can't do now are the things I can't stand, like crowds, traffic, stores, parties, etc. I get to spend time with my dogs and work on projects I haven't had time for before. Quarantine is my slice of heaven. I lost my side jobs, but I'll be fine. I feel bad for the people who are hurting now, but I'm thankful that I have it pretty good right now.

... good advice .... tyvm Committing to small building projects & gardening etc helps ... now must learn to do more "inhouse" exercising :)

Great advice as always!

5 star here! Without any panic buying what so ever I might add.

5 Stars! I am ready to retire and be at home all the time! Gardening, fixing cars and having fun. Working from home about 70% of the time and only going out if I have too. We are having tons of fun, at home movie nights. The kid is making home made pizza from scratch and we have movie nights. I am super busy too. And LOTS of "Alone" time with Mr's Frugal! My only regret is switching from Cable Modem to DSL right before this. Also, I really really really need the roller coasters to open soon!

I have that same bed sleigh bed. Now that I said I hope that wasn't a hotel LOL thanks Nutn

Bidet toilet attachment will bring you up to a 5!

3 stars, not due to preps , all good there. It's our economy I very concerned about. If that crashes then my number goes to 1.5 because some crazy shit will be coming down. Okay I'm going to do an edit. I read a bunch of these comments and listened to your video. Thank you for the attitude adjustment. I am going to adjust to a 4.5. Regardless of how crappy it is I'm better than that. You have provided so many good ideas. Thanks. You are killing me. I do my wife's sewing for her. She can't sew worth a darn. Dogs rule.

Brought a tear to my eye Nutnfancy. Great video, and great content, like always. 3.5 btw. Only because I’m not prepared really for any abnormal living, tho I don’t think it will get to that.

I'm taking time to learn about Ham radio! So when this is all done, hopefully, ill be able to take and pass my test!

4, easy. Comfortable and as ready as we can be. Waiting for the 'next steps'.

My wife and myself work in a prison. Under normal conditions it takes every bit of our attention to keep sharp. Now we are contingency planing for an event where staff and the population are infected. Our current circumstance is that we are ordered to shelter in place so... essentially we go to prison and we go home. we have taken in two additional people due to lay offs and college closers. Food and TP are good at this point, however we didn't know that our home population would double. I will also tell you how thankful we are that we haven't been layed off. We are so thankful that we are getting paid when so many are not.

A solid 4 out here in Montana. Plenty of food ammo and tp. Im “essential”, so I still have to go to work. I’m remodeling my house so I have plenty of things to do while I’m at home. The only thing different for me is the lines are a lot longer at the grocery store and there’s a lot less traffic during my commute.

I rank my current condition 3 or 3 1/2. I'm still working as my job is classified as necessary to maintain basic infrastructure. We do have some food storage, guns and ammo, tools and other supplies. Now, and for the next few weeks, I'll be concentrating on getting all vehicle maintenance up to snuff and getting my garden planted. Thanks, Nutin. Cheers.

I kept putting off buying a homestead property thinking "ah I should have at least another 10 years" then this shit caught me completely off guard, while I was more prepared than the average bear I'm not comfortable in my current position. I just pray we get a chance for things to come back to base line and we can get a chance to prepare even more.

Quite simply, THANKS!!!!

Damn this vid just made me realize how much doodle looks exactly like you. Been watching for years and as he gets older its crazy

Great vid nutn. Words of wisdom

My great grand parents came here from Greece with 11 kids, built a tiny 1 room shack, and then went through the depression and lost 2-3 of the kids. But they made it through. People were just tougher back then.

Hell yea nuttin!! the house cleaning vid got me pumped!

1984’s The River with Mel Gibson? I’m feeling like a 4.75. Never feel like I’m completely prepared. Also, I’m 49 with 6 and 9 year old children that I am now home schooling. Stress levels get high sometimes, but we’re doing ok. Both my jobs are essential, thankfully one I can do from home. Thanks for the encouragement.

Thank you so much for the video. It gave me lots of ideas and made me feel a ton better about my situation. Today I went and grabbed a bunch of lumber and the kids and I are building some planting beds in the backyard. Great project and it feels awesome to be outside working with my hands. Lots of stuff planned now as well. Next week is some backyard camping and shooting (BB guns only around here.)

3.5-4 up here in Seattle. More prepared than most people, but right out of college last year there wasn't a ton of capital to spend. Plenty of TP and grub, working from home. Hang in there gents, we're in this together!

Excellent video.

Good ole Dr Beeman of the Airgun importing biz in the late 70s through the early 90s did an article on "mini-sniping game" using high precision air rifles at challenging ranges. Like 35 to 60 yards shooting at small army men like you did or even as small as 9mm cases. They had rules and such but yes, great fun and helps with firearm skills of course also. I think you know I have been a competitive and recreational airgunner with high quality imported air rifles since the mid 80s and some friends and I even worked out the scale ballistics for simulating long range firearm calibers scaled down to airgun energy levels and ranges. For example before airguns we had worked out that a .22lr at 300 yards is like shooting 7.62x51mm at 1200 or 1000 yards I forgot which. So we had done the same for airguns but we were shooting from 45 to about 70 yards or so depending on the platform and power. So great for both trigger discipline but also for helping understanding ballistics better. Airguns are highly recommended for fun, safety training and skill improvement.

5+ Getting caught up on some neglected projects and eating more home cooking.

Another Great Nutnfancy video.........excellent advise......THANKS

one star sir. my dad is vietnam vet and his health is failing, if he gets this it'll kill him. My wife and kids depend on me too but no one is calling for repairs right now. Gonna be homeless if people don't get confidence in society again soon ! SOON !

Been doing a lot of busywork around the house. It feels good. I've been walking my dog a lot. That helps. Turkey season is coming up soon, so my son and I have that to look forward to. Above all, there's my Faith, although I don't talk about it much, because it just weirds people out for some reason.

5 sir. Faith base. Very bless. Hope you are great. Still employed (air craft mechanic). Am adopting to new change in the world. Getting prepared for the future now. Life will change like after 9-11.

Hey Nutn, we’re here in Ga , in a suburb of Atl and at this moment we’re at a 3 as we are not social butterflies any way and so it not bad . We hope that it will be only a few more weeks and we peak and start to level out... if not then will ... we’ll need to really tight up and we have a daughter that special needs and requires meds .... and a teenage daughter ... I’m more sad for her and that she is missing school and friends . As sir Shackleton says “ we endure to conquer “

5. Food, ammo, firearms, etc well stacked. Working remotely. Got to spend an extra 6 weeks with my newborn son. Couldn’t have worked out better 😀

My fam is one of those paranoid people. They even go as far as saying, "if you go out, stay out!" So good luck me getting them out of the house.

Being calm is imperative to getting through this. By you, being calm, you are helping others see the light. Like being lost on a raft at sea with no moon or starLIGHT for guidance, when you see the light on the hill which is a municipality,township, or village of peace,prosperity, and harmony, you then have hope for you know which direction to go-which is toward the light!

4 and a half stars. Working my ass off, but I feel like we're heading to a good place. It's going to suck for a while, but I think good is going to come out of this. I was prepped and GTG thanks to videos like yours, NF.

Former infantryman, work in natural resources law enforcement job. Natural introvert. This has no effect on me. Frankly I'm enjoying it.

3/5 stars for me right now....rushing to get a setup together while everything is flying off the shelves. Haven't had a job in a month and half due to lay offs. Got a job now, money's coming in. Got a decent amount of food, water, gas, batteries, ammo etc. but want more. So much that needs to be bought, coordinating with friends in NYS while I'm in UT going to regroup very soon. Everything's gone to shit and I should have been prepared by now, but I spent the summer and all my money on a cross country cycling trip. Very self guilty right now. Will press on and push through! Form a good little community with my friends. Hope everyone else is doing alright with your friends and communities, keep the future in mind (summer and winter coming, the like).

I'm a 4-4.5.. My only issue is I'm running low on TP.. Down to 30 rolls and eating a lot of beans, rice, so its going quick.. I'm by myself with two dogs so no kids or spouse. Lots of projects are finally getting worked on. The old trailer that had rotten wood and been sitting next to the house for at least 3 years has now been stripped, all the old wiring and broken lights have been removed. Today I will be sanding and priming the now bare frame. Got a complete set of lights to install. Have a quart of paint to paint it first. At night I'm sorting buckets of brass, processing and tumbling over night, got a bunch of 9mm and 40S&W to size, deprime, and reprime.. Got a batch of reloading going in the next week or so.. A new tumbler is coming so I can do several batches of cleaning at one time.. Need to build a casting bench and get my casting back up and running.