First DSLR, Essential items?

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Got my first DSLR for my Birthday, a Canon EOS 1300D and looking for a list of essentials that you would buy/carry with a camera

So far I've already ordered:
Carry bag (Just a cheap one off Amazon)
58mm Hoya UK filter for the kit lens
Canon EFS 50mm 1.8STM + 49mm Hoya UV Filter

Other than a second battery is there anything else I should consider as an amateur to either make life easier or prolong the life of my kit
 
Thanka for the suggestions, some food for though too.

Especially the divided opinion on my choice of buying a prime lens off the bat.

I bought a 128gb card off the bat and will buy another, along with a spare battery or two as well
 
As this has been bumped I thought I'd update.

UV filters replaced with circular polarising and 4x32gb cards ordered both upon recommendations.

I went ahead and bought the 50mm as its a cheap way experimenting with one. I spent a couple of days shooting with the kit lens last week while we spent a couple of days in Cromer, and took both the 50mm and the 18-55mm to Santa Pod for fireworks frenzy last weekend.

Feel like I learnt a lot, the 50mm definitely isn't something I'd carry as an only lens as I found the 50mm wasn't always wide enough.
 
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