Make a mental plan to expect to have to shoot everyone you see and then downgrade as appropriate.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
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Every time you leave your house. Practice looking at street signs..types of cars around you. Count the makes of cars in a parking lot line. Name the makes and models or colors. Next time make it people, try to remember their clothing and go over it after 5 mins. In a restaurant, notice families......turn your head and try to remember how many, boys girls? Ages? Color of clothes.......These are all mind games to induce you to be alert.....
Originally Posted by tuts40
I really don't know....Guess you will need to look in a "rear" view mirror. (Be sure to check our your SSA to make sure everything is concealed. Not the place for open carry.)
Happily clinging to God and my guns...not at all bitter.
I am not an expert on SA, but I do try to be observant. When I arrive home from work and am approaching the driveway I look for people on my property, then I look for the cars that belong in the driveway and those that don't. As I pass the front of the house(I have an L-shaped driveway) I look in the windows....who do I see? What are they doing? Are their actions or facial expressions normal? As I park the truck I look out the windows and through the mirrors...anything unusual? As I exit the truck I continue to scan the house and yard. As I approach the front door I listen as well as look...are the dogs barking as normal? As I enter the house I look and listen for normalcy. I practice this type of SA wherever I go, though there are times that I let my guard down. I am not sure if I am actually letting my guard down or if I have simply realized that it is now ok to relax a bit.
Riding a motorcycle out on the roadways has taught me SA as well. I think that most of us have a certain degree of SA, we just need to expand on it to other areas of our daily lives.
Ruger LCR
Imagine that, at any moment, a situation could develop wherein you might be killed. That'll put eyes in the back of your head.
Prov. 27:3 - "Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both"
Jesse
Situational Awareness The best way is to be actually aware of what is going on around you; in other words. Put away the cell phone, take out your ear phones, shut off you iPod, look both ways when crossing the street. Just plain pay attention.
These days, all I see are people constantly staring at their phones, oblivious to the world around them.
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