Your 30-minute household readiness plan
Six quick decisions. One usable plan. A printable workbook you can finish in one sitting — no gear list to buy first, no subscription, and no assumption that you're a prepper.
Why this exists
THE PROBLEMMost preparedness advice fails for an ordinary household for the same three reasons: it opens with a shopping list, it treats every disaster as equally likely, and it assumes you have a free weekend to plan for the end of the world.
So the sensible response is usually to close the tab. Nothing improves, and the next storm warning arrives with the same set of unmade decisions: where do we meet, what do we take, who calls whom, and what happens to the medication in the refrigerator.
QuickStart is the opposite shape. Half an hour, a pen, and six decisions that are much harder to make later — when the lights are out, the weather is turning, or somebody is telling you it's time to leave.
What you'll have in 30 minutes
THE OUTCOME- Your three most important household disruptions, identified
- Medical, mobility, caregiving, and pet dependencies flagged first
- A stay-or-go plan with meeting places written down
- A first-24-hour status check and a three-day water target
- A simple power-outage protocol
- A leave-now list
- Five priority gaps and up to three things worth buying first
- A refrigerator-ready Household Action Card
- A Tonight / This Week / This Month action plan
Half an hour will not solve every emergency scenario. It will get the decisions out of your head and onto paper, where the rest of the household can read them.
The six missions
STRUCTURE- Know what can actually happen here
Preparedness gets overwhelming when every possible disaster gets equal billing. You narrow it to the disruptions that fit where you live and how your household actually works.
about 5 minutes - Stay or go?
A plan has to work in two directions. You decide what staying put looks like, what leaving looks like, and where everyone meets.
about 5 minutes - Cover the first 24 hours
Water, food, light and power, health, information. Five quick reality checks — no shopping yet.
about 5 minutes - When normal stops working
A simple outage protocol: lighting, phones, the router, the refrigerator, and the one thing in it that suddenly matters.
about 5 minutes - Remove the decisions from evacuation
If you're told to leave, the job is to leave safely. You write the leave-now list while nobody is rushing you.
about 5 minutes - Fix the five things that matter most
Five gaps. Not fifteen. Sorted into Tonight, This Week, and This Month, with up to three things worth buying first.
about 5 minutes
Actual pages from the workbook
PREVIEW
Formatted for plain US Letter paper and designed to print cleanly in black and white.
Get QuickStart
CHECKOUT$12 once. Two PDFs — the workbook and the Household Action Card — available immediately after payment and re-downloadable from your account whenever you need a fresh copy.
QuickStart or WSH-30?
PRODUCT LADDERQuickStart ($12) is one sitting on paper. WSH-30 ($39) is the full program: thirty missions, progress tracking, printable worksheets, and an installable app you can use offline. They're separate purchases — buying one doesn't include the other.
Questions
FAQHow is QuickStart different from WSH-30?
QuickStart is one sitting: six five-minute missions that produce a written household plan in about 30 minutes. WSH-30 is the full program — thirty missions worked through at your own pace, with progress tracking, printable worksheets, and an installable app. QuickStart is a separate purchase and does not include WSH-30.
What exactly do I get?
Two PDFs: the 22-page QuickStart workbook and the one-page Household Action Card, both formatted for US Letter and reprintable whenever your household changes. They're delivered instantly after payment and stay in your account.
Do I need to buy anything to finish it?
No. QuickStart is deliberately built around decisions, not shopping. The last mission may suggest up to three purchases worth considering, but the plan is complete without spending another cent.
Is this emergency advice?
No. QuickStart is an educational planning aid — not emergency-response, medical, electrical, structural, or legal advice, and not a risk assessment. If official instructions and this workbook disagree, follow the official instructions.
Can I print it?
Yes, that's the intended use. It's designed for a plain home printer in black and white, and the Action Card is meant for the refrigerator or a go bag.
What if it isn't useful?
Email us and we'll sort it out under our refund policy. There's no subscription and nothing to cancel.
QuickStart is an educational planning aid. It is not emergency response, medical, electrical, structural, or legal advice, and it does not assess risk or guarantee safety. If official instructions and this workbook disagree, follow the official instructions. See our Terms, Refund Policy, and Disclaimer.