There are an endless number of disasters to worry about. Preparing for every possible disaster leaves you with a long, disorganized list of things to buy or do, which may not match personal needs. Preparation can seem unattainable. We check off the first few items from our list, give up, and hope the zombies eat us first. It's time to start preparing with one simple change: Prepare for disruptions, not disasters. It doesn't matter whether a power outage was caused by a flood, backhoe, or grandma backing into a pole. Just prepare for the power outage! Preparing for a few disruptions will prepare you for any disaster. You really can prepare for everything. We prepare better when we prepare together. How to Prepare for Everything gives you a simple, step-by-step approach to prepare yourself and your neighbors for emergencies, accidents, adventures, and life's ups and downs. This book will give you: More hope for the future. - A personalized preparation plan, gap analysis, and 72-hour kit plan. - A healthy way to talk about preparation, without fear. - Stronger relationships and a list of people in your support system. - Plans to not just survive, but to help your neighbors. - Training to share a community preparation workshop. Prepare for disruptions. Prepare together. Prepare for everything. After organizing 30,000 volunteers for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, my responsibilities shifted to community preparation. I developed a workshop that fixed everything I detested about preparation courses in general: Dogmatic lectures focusing on one disaster at a time, taught by an expert who told you what to memorize, do and buy, without much consideration for my personal needs. Above all, I removed FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt). The result was a community facilitation in peer groups of 4-6. We focused on disruptions and preparing together. When you prepare for a few disruptions, you can prepare for any disaster. We also prepare better when we prepare together. The approach works in any context, because the community is in charge. I always train trainers around the country, and together we have trained more than 5,000 people using the approach. In 2015, a friend convinced me to write a book on the subject. My first book, How to Prepare for Everything is the result. I genuinely hope it empowers you and your neighbors to prepare better, together, and without fear. Aaron Titus is a proud husband and father of eight children. A disaster relief technologist, he is the Executive Director of Crisis Cleanup, an open-source disaster relief platform that enables volunteers to help more people after disasters. He is the President of Mountain West Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (MWVOAD), a multi-state coalition of disaster relief organizations. As a former member of the New Jersey VOAD, he coordinated Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Irene response efforts for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is also an attorney and privacy advocate. Aaron enjoys volunteering, singing, organizing coalitions, web programming, and being a very silly dad. Engage with Aaron on Twitter (@aarontitus), on Facebook, or at howtoprepare.com.