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Interested in a Survival Workbook?

I sat there over the holidays wondering what I was going to do in 2026. After all, I’ve been discussing preparedness online for a long time; I think I’ve had my blog since about 2009, which is a long time to keep at something. For years, it was fun because I was learning and I could share what I discovered with people like you. But, as with most things, it became a chore.

Anyway, I eventually realized that I could make survival “fun again” by publishing on Amazon; I’ve been at it for nearly a decade now. But, as I’ve complained elsewhere, AI has made publishing way too easy. The problem is that the market is oversaturated with survival books that have been created by people who aren’t really preppers. The result is “so-so” advice at best.

My problem? I can’t keep up with these people! And, if I’m being perfectly honest, I’m not sure I have a lot more to say, at least not in book format. (I plan on continuing to blog, though.)

But then I had an idea. What if I created survival workbooks?

And so I started to think about the idea. It didn’t take long, however, until I realized I already have a wealth of information to pull from: my own books.

The first one that came to mind was, The Survival Blueprint: How to Prepare Your Family for Disaster. To my surprise, this book never did take off even though it is, in my humble opinion, one of my better “start to finish” survival books.

The thing is that this book was almost tailormade to be transformed into a workbook because of the way I wrote each idea to be quick and easy to accomplish. So, I got to work and created pages for the first few dozen topics. (I’ll include the first five topics as PDFs below so you can see what I’m doing.)

My thinking is that, although this workbook is technically a companion piece to the actual book, The Survival Blueprint, it could be used as a standalone workbook should you choose to. The format is currently set to be 8.5″ x 11″ in an effort to reduce the number of pages. The math, however, suggests, that even using a larger page size that this workbook alone might be nearly 250 pages long, which feels a bit too long for this endeavor. Thus, I’m considering breaking this workbook up into two or three volumes, something less than 100 pages each.

(Another idea I had was to create a “pocket workbook,” something like a 4″ x 6″ format. This would certainly need to be broken up into a few workbooks. But I’m leaning toward the 8.5″ x 11″ format.)

Here are the PDF pages for you to get an idea of what I’m trying to do:

To be clear, this workbook takes the advice from The Survival Blueprint book almost verbatim, with some tweaks; it uses the same chapter titles too.

Even if I give this a go, I’m not entirely sure if my other books can be turned into workbooks as easily, so I may consider other workbook topics if this one pans out.

Your thoughts before I invest too much time and effort?

Any interest?

Again, I’m not asking for a detailed review of the workbook pages above, just some feedback on whether you think a workbook is a good idea or not.

Thanks!

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Damian Brindle

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6 responses to “Interested in a Survival Workbook?”

  1. Brent

    Damien,
    A very good idea indeed. As a previous business coach and facilitator I appreciate workbooks to get others a level of knowledge they can work with efficiently, and helps direct them and others to the more detail, as they can use.
    I would suggest an additional format, for those that may not have storage capability.
    Make a formatted size of a pocket notebook, say 5.5” X 4” narrow rule. (For those having to become nomadic in that post idealistic life they may be living now )
    Keep up the sharing, your material is value added.

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  2. Chuck Layton

    Hi Damien,

    I think this would be a great addition to The Survival Blueprint. I own all of your books, except the pet edition, and I’ve always appreciated how easy they are to read and how grounded in common sense they are. Your approach to preparedness feels practical and realistic, not overwhelming or theoretical.

    I think the idea of workbooks is excellent. They give people a way to tailor preparedness to their own budgets, lifestyles, and priorities, while also helping them clearly see what they may be missing. That kind of hands-on guidance is something many people need.

    For what it’s worth, I often recommend your books. They’re some of the few preparedness resources I trust to point others toward.

    Thank you for all you do, and for continuing to put out thoughtful, useful material.

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  3. Kim

    I like the idea, Damien. You are so clear to follow, a workbook from you would most likely be logical, organized, well thought out and entirely helpful. I think I have most of your books already. I would buy the workbooks. I don’t think it’s been done by many writers. I hope it does well. You deserve to thrive as you’re so faithful to this call. Best. Kim

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  4. Cynthia K Rowell

    Great idea. I like that it is easy to understand and to follow. Thank you.

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  5. kat

    Damien, great idea! simple, to the point, easy to read and follow even for seniors. like this kind of instruction. need more. with things heating up fast now, we are sitting ducks – we dont know whats coming or when, from where or who – nowhere is now safe and remote. as we age (we’re seniors, disabled etc), we wont be able to bugout, nowhere to go, probably wont be able to get there anyway. so anything we can do to prepare to stay put, thats simple and will help us, (we have no one to rely on), the simpler, the better. thanks for all your advice, info, suggestions, followed you quite awhile now and read a number of your books. stay safe and well.

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  6. VERONICA

    I think this is a great idea. Keeps it simple but to the point on what to do. Good luck I hope this does well.

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