It took my wife a while to understand it -- she felt that being prepared was making me more anxious. Actually, she was the one who was anxious, as I was trying to educate her on the various potential issues that we were preparing for, and she hadn't thought about them much. Now she gets it, and we both derive a significant measure of peace of mind from being ready.

My time on ETS has really improved my thought processes. While our preps have improved its more about how much thought we put into what we do than how much money we spend.