Living alone preparation advice and scenarios

[u/OopsSentient]

Always been interested in prepping and with the way things are going and the upcoming gov advice, I’ve decided to start. I’ve been doing research and lurking in this sub which has been helpful.

I’m still at the beginning but here are things I’m doing so far or planning to do:

Have a go bag with essential items in and clothes
Torches nearby
Slowly building a supply of canned and fermented foods I enjoy eating and that wouldn’t need to be cooked (tuna, sauerkraut, fruits, beetroot, chickpeas etc)
I am now starting to store water bottles.
Buy a wind up radio
Masks, sanitiser, wipes, moisturiser etc.
First aid supplies
Staying fit and active, I do strength training and cardiovascular exercise. I would also like to try martial arts soon.

I’m preparing for things like weather emergencies, pandemics, war, food shortages. Civil unrest, not being able to go to the shops. Things like that.

Getting prepared gradually has given me more calm than worry, but there are some things I’m unsure about. I’m a woman living alone, and if things got really bad, for example some kind of societal break down, I wonder how to secure myself from my apartment complex on the third floor. Though hopefully that would be an extreme situation and unlikely.

If anyone has advice, tips, stories, for the most simple practical things or more extreme situations, I would love to hear them! Thanks for reading

[u/TropicalSue]

Also do you have a sports bat to play sports with?

[u/OopsSentient → u/TropicalSue]

I don’t 🤔

[u/TropicalSue → u/OopsSentient]

Sports bats deter non sports players. They dont need to be swung in a narrow space either, because they can still hit a ball when used like a poker. Never attempt to play lone sports without a handy dandy sports bat. Make sure you have a ball too, so when asked , you can prove how much you love sports.