Preparedness & offgrid planning · from a family living it
Stay ready so you don't have to get ready.
The Prepared Home Library: four paperbacks and two digital guides that turn preparedness into a calm, month-by-month system. No fear. No fluff. Written by Zani Sunshine, who lives offgrid on 25 acres with her family.
Not sure which to start with? Pick your path ↓Thank you for making this easy to follow. With the state of the country today, it's easy to get overwhelmed. This is easy to follow and you can make it work for your personal situation.Dewana Coleman, reader
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Recommended start
The Prepared Home Starter Set
The Planner gives you the 12-month system. The Manual gives you the knowledge to fill it in. Two paperbacks plus two digital guides. This is the starting point for most families.
Three ways in
Pick the system that fits where you are.
Prepared Home Starter Set
- Personal Prepping & Survival Planner
- Beginner's Survival & Prepping Manual
- Prepping in Tiny Spaces (digital)
- Ultimate Camping Guide (digital)
For the household that wants a real plan and doesn't know where to begin.
Add Starter · $49
Prepared Home Library
- Everything in the Starter Set
- Offgrid Planning Workbook
- Homesteading Vision Board Book
- All 4 stickers + bookmark
For the family that wants the whole system in one box: prepared now, planning for land later.
Add Library · $89
Offgrid Planning Set
- Offgrid Planning Workbook
- Homesteading Vision Board Book
- All 4 stickers
For the planner who's looking at land and wants to sequence the move, not romanticize it.
Add Offgrid Set · $43Do the math yourself
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Add Planner · $25New course · opens December 1
Start your new year off right. With a plan.
Prepping With Purpose: 11 modules, 33 short video lessons, built around the Planner. Food, water, medical, power, go-bags, home security, communication, vehicle, skills. In order. Calm. Taught by someone who lives it.
Thinking about land?
The Offgrid Planning Blueprint $197
The full transition, taught in order: land, water, power, waste, housing, budget. Self-paced video lessons with the Workbook as your companion. Taught by someone who did it, on 25 acres, with a family.
Look inside the Planner
A one-year roadmap, not a shopping list.
Each month has one focus: water, food, medical, go-bags, power, home security, skills. Worksheets to plan it, checklists to track it, logs to practice it. By month twelve you have a system, not a closet full of random gear.
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Why this works
Preparedness is calm leadership.
A system, not a stockpile
Random gear doesn't make you ready. A plan you can keep up with does. Everything here is built in layers you can afford, month by month.
Lived, not theorized
Solar, well water, wood heat, 600 square feet, a teenager. The costs, mistakes and routines in these books are the ones we actually live with.
No fear required
You're not crazy for wanting stability. You're wise for building it. The tone here is protective and practical, never panicked.
Zani Sunshine · founder
I moved my family from Atlanta to 25 acres in the New Mexico mountains. I'm a former nurse, I plan everything, and I built these books because I couldn't find a preparedness system that was organized, honest about money, and written for someone like me. Now they're yours.
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