As you know, I'm slowly trying to prepare myself & my family for if the brown, smelly stuff hits the spinney whirly thing.
As well as the extra goods, stockpiles, and any amount of extras, one of the things that is a must is some sort of mental stimulation.
Puzzles, Boardgames, books anything that can help pass the time and make you think is a must at any bug out, be it in your own home, or at your mountain cabin you have run away too.
Personally, I think that books about spirituality and meditation are particularly important to maintain a positive outlook, especially if you are on your own.
By spiritually I don't mean that everyone should embrace "happy clappy" religions or beliefs, more meditation and being in touch with you own body, and the world around you. If this sounds like another cliche from a film about alternative lifestyles, maybe it is, but you also need to learn to recognize when your mind and body are giving you signs.
As a species we have developed to be a pack animal, and very few of us will actually survive without some sort of dependence on others. This is not a bad thing, as it has allowed us to develop all manner of things that we would not have been able to had we still needed to forage for our own food while working on the same things.
If we don't have the stimulation of other peoples company we may be able to place a surrogate on pets or religoin as these have also been inter twined with our development as a society. But without all of these we may be in for a difficult time.
Meditation, learning to block out all thoughts to achieve a state of calm, or focusing on a single problem, be it a 3d puzzle, or a particularly hard Sudoku will help you retain some sort of grounding, because without it there is the very real risk that we will get cabin fever.
All the best
syd
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