If I recall correctly, Daisy had a great article about despite being a prepper, she also still enjoyed various modern amenities.
I see prepping as a lifestyle. S may or may not HTF.
But in the meantime I have slowly acquired skills here and there.
I did take a Adult Education EMT-B night course, after work. But I deemed that as a valuable skill set to have in case of SHTF. Then later, I took time off from work and spent the money on the NOLS Wilderness EMT course. Again, I felt those were value added.
But I did not go into debt to attain those skills.
I learned to make bread from a book. Cheese too. Making bacon. Gardening is not only a good skill to have but is fun and enjoyable too. I made my own hard cider. That took some trial and error, but I finally got it!
I see a lot of new preppers, join a site and make a bee line for the Firearms section. They focus on all things tacti-cool and never think of the fundamentals.
Gaining the knowledge and experience, while developing a new, prepper lifestyle. And have fun with it!