My usual starting ritual for my previous No-Skills character:
[ol][li]Tear down curtains from one window, wield heavy stick[/li]
[li]Smash a bunch of lockers and benches with the stick, don’t worry about damaging the stick at all[/li]
[li]Make the heavy stick into a cudgel (I do this after smashing up stuff so it’s in top condition)[/li]
[li]Use the two sheets from the de-curtained window to craft two makeshift slings - wear one to store more stuff for a little bit[/li]
[li]Disassemble and reassemble the sling I’m not wearing until I level up to Survival 1[/li]
[li]Unequip/drop slings and cut one up into rags[/li]
[li]Make a spike with the remnants of one of the lockers I smashed earlier[/li]
[li]Use the spike with a two-by-four and a rag to make a knife spear[/li]
[li]Go downstairs once I’ve equipped one of my weapons - in case I have a zombie basement and I need to stab/whack stuff[/li]
[li]Grab anything useful from the basement, check my map, make notes and plans for approaching places, head out into the world.[/li][/ol]
Of course, I’ve reconfigured my starting build so I now have Fabrication, Survival and First Aid all at level 2, so I don’t need to do the Makeshift Sling Shuffle anymore, I can skip straight to cutting a sheet into rags, making a spike and making the spear, while turning the stick into a cudgel (My mantra for starting weaponry is “Stabby for Fleshy, Smashy for Boney” - The knife spear does sod-all against skeletons in the early game, so that’s when the cudgel comes in handy!)
