Poor Old Dude

I know this will sound stupid to many of you, but as a person who has suffered due to a back injury for most of my adult life, I will tell you there is very little as incapacitating as a back injury. When SHTF many of the labor saving devices that we have come to depend on will be a thing of the past, lifting, pulling and carrying heavy loads will be a daily requirement for your survival. DO NOT forget to take care of your back. Learn proper lifting techniques, work on increasing your core strength, and begin now. In a worst case scenario it will save your life, in a best case scenario it will save you some unwanted pain. 

Probably one of the easiest ways to prepare for the apocalypse is to learn from experts, no not those guys on TV whose only purpose is entertainment but people who really have had to live the life. I was fortunate enough to have parents and grandparent who live in a time and place where modern technology was still very limited, unfortunately I was not smart enough to take full advantage of it, but still I did learn quite a bit.  I have stoked a wood stove to keep from freezing, hauled water, tended animals, and not had the advantage of indoor plumbing. I have hunted, and fished for my food and gone hungry if I came home without. Now I know that the number of people still living in this country who have lived in a style more familiar to the people of the 18th century than the 21st is dwindling rapidly, but first hand accounts are still available. Journals and diaries written by folk who have lived under primitive conditions, as well as cookbooks, are out there and are filled with valuab

Pontypool better than most mainstream zombie media out there.

Take stock, prepping is great, getting the latest greatest is good, but if you don't and if you can't, take stock of what you have. There are many things in most households that can come in handy. A tarp or drop cloth can make a functional shelter, butcher knife a good survival blade, gallon freezer bags to hold water. Through in duct tape, clothes line, 55 gallon garbage bags, Bic lighter, etc. etc. and you have the beginnings of a emergency kit. No it's not tactical or cutting edge but it might just keep you alive and in the end that's what counts. Set yourself a challenge  give yourself a 10 minute time limit and see what you can gather to secure your survival, then another 5 minutes for anything you might have forgotten or thought of after the first 10. This will give you something to work from.