I'm from an area heavily impacted by Hurrican Helene and my best prep was speaking to my neighbor every day at the mailbox...when we knew we wouldn't have running water for months, he let us gather the water he pumped from his basement for flushing.

Wow, a tulip?

I love it when I just scatter whatever random seeds I have and something lovely blooms. I got suprised by some double-tall deep purple columbine this year.

Observing it isn't a problem
Acting like it is a some big problem that language was changed as so not to reflect and legitimate human oppression is the problem.

And yeah, be a decent cook, have a flexible plan, and fix cars or other shit. Know stuff about tangible, relatable things.

If they're unhappy, don't make "it" about how unhappy you are that they are unhappy.