What was the catalyst, would you say, for you starting this journey into being a prepper?

That's a great question.

And so I grew up in Toronto, up in the north end of the big city in North York.

But in my teens, I realized I was getting already tired of the trappings of the city.

And I decided to go on some canoe trips, some camping trips.

And I started just to have a love of the great outdoors.

And then I started getting interested in survival, but not so much from being prepared of any sort.

When you have all of this going on, how do you make sure that you don't go too far and become overly paranoid or bitter? Or have you ever had to kind of like pull yourself back from that edge?