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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Light prep? Depends on whether you're hunkering down or bugging out, but:

-- Have at least 72 hours of freeze-dried food on hand. Pay attention to expiration dates and store it where rodents can't get to it (ideally in a plastic bin).
-- Have a supply of different sorts of batteries you might need. Pay attention to their expiration dates.
-- Have a 72-hour supply of potable water. Consider getting something that can treat stream water as well.
-- Source of fire, i.e. matches, lighter or fero rods.
-- Iodine. 
-- First aid kit.
-- Firearm (ideally one shotgun and one pistol, with enough ammunition to last a week or so).
-- Camping stove and fuel. Camping utensils.
-- Jackery or similar lithium battery.
-- Radio, either battery powered or something you can crank.
-- Tent and sleeping bags in a bugout bag.
-- Also in the bag: Camping towel that wrings out easily, quick-dry underwear and socks, a lightweight parka or rain coat, 
-- At least one utilitarian knife. [/quote]

I like the above list and aim to meet it, but my doomsday scenario is from growing up in post-Soviet collapse (born 1987) and prepping for very long-term downturns. So the following are what I'd add to the above:

-A library of physical books - how to make, fix, do anything under the sun: home repairs, sewing, beer making, working with plants and soil, books about health. For years, I like to stop by the thrift shop and browse for any "how-to" books (including how to run a small business, advertise, etc, etc).

-Another kind of book I like to keep are historical cook books, like American cooking before any modern supply chains: recipes from Confederate soldiers, recipes from Union soldiers, recipes from westward expansion.

-I also love to keep a seed collection at all times. I replace this every year or three (make sure to practice good storage).

-Make a hobby of learning practical old-timey prepper skills. Currently I'm learning food preservation and loving making ferments.

-Buy useful tools even if you aren't going to use them now. Try to take the time how to use them, but at the very least have instructional books to match.[/quote]

PP here adding to the above,

Other things I like to keep are really fresh tasty spices that can make prepper foods like like lentils and beans tasty and with variety. (Burlap and Barrel is my source, it's pricey but I don't like prepping to be depressing because I do think it's a long-term issue and finding comfort in cooking and warm food will always be a big deal.)

Also for basic staples, I like to buy fancy beans, lentils, split peas, etc. Paying extra for better beans, it's not a depressing food but a regular part of my diet that I know how to use and the kids are comfortable with, so prepper food is also something that we know and like. (Rancho Gordo is the place for this).

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