Starting
I guess I'm am old timer but we all have to start from some place. I would suggest that anyone start with a true self evaluation of assets and skills. Set up a schedule of what you need first and go from there. The basics food, water, all that stuff which is easy to get advise on. Then every week try to learn one new skill ie, put a tire on a rim by hand, plant something, kill and cook a chicken in the wild, make a shirt by hand from some type of material, build a fire in the rain, learn replacement drugs fron nature, make a splint, pick a lock, hot wire a car, move cross country by compass,filter water from mud,,,you get the point. Every week add to your skill set. Keep inventory and practice. The best weapon you will ever have is you brain. "What if" every where you go and do,, watch people and there reactions to things and learn to blend in,,,its easier than fighting it out if your standing alone. Read and learn on here I do. Find some older people, farmers, wood workers, weilders, hobbiest and ask them to teach you a skill,,,they will. You will never be ready for everthing but just dont expect a fast draw to get you thru the hard times....cool head and skills will