As others have mentioned, it's easy to get swept up in the panic of preparation. I've had the conversation with my wife that no matter what you do, you will not

As others have mentioned, it's easy to get swept up in the panic of preparation. I've had the conversation with my wife that no matter what you do, you will not be able to prepare for everything. (Jokingly, I'm reminded of the couple in Tremors with their underground bunker that a Grabboid bursts into.) You will likely be unproductive if you're trying to plan for every contingency. I recommend starting slowly. Build up a week, then a few weeks. Buy ingredients and foods that you like and will eat. Avoid buying a "food supply" and instead increase your pantry that you rotate food out of in the course of a normal week or month. Make sure you also build up a relatively liquid savings. It's far more likely that you personally will face an economic hard time than it is for us all to be facing apocalyptic dystopia. My church recommended for a long time having a year's supply of food for security. I think many people thought it was a forewarning of coming global destruction, but as I've reflected on it, it's much more about personal hardship and caring for oneself, family and community.