An interesting thought experiment
The Castaway Analysis
TW: Participation in thought experiments like what I am about to document can invoke problems in certain people if you have not considered these types of things before. Realizations of your vulnerabilities can be troubling. So, tread carefully…
There are other forms of this analysis, but I think my focus is a little different from most of the others I have seen.
I have done this analysis repeatedly in my life, over and over again. And I had to repeat it recently, due to changes in circumstances that I could not have imagined. The process is analyzing your status if you found yourself suddenly forced into a scenario like what is presented in the movie Castaway with Tom Hanks. Could you happily survive? (Not necessarily from a survival skill standpoint, although that would also be important. In that case, I’m fairly confident I could manage to survive…but that’s another story topic at which I am not an expert.) I more interested in my appearance along with medical dependencies.
I evaluate this every so often, but in recent years, it has become more important, because in some cases, it actually became reality. For example, COVID occurred and some essential services all of a sudden became restricted or unavailable. In addition, some medication experienced supply issues or…
