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My life would be immediately different because I'd have more time than I've had in the past 10 years it
would take getting use to.
Less stress ;) and probably happier due to only having to deal with
myself
Find food, shelter, and weapons. Secure a strategic resource. Look for other survivors who I can team up
with. Lead my team to the promised land.
Career is irrelevant, but like all aspects of my life's construct, would
require proper processing and mourning. The rest of my life may be
spent searching for purpose
The desire for survival and a fulfilling life has not changed, but the
method of doing so has.
Frankly, if just the humans disappeared it would be an ideal world again and much easier to
restore balance to the earth
I would breathe
To be really honest I think initially I would crumble.
I will need to learn how to hunt and grow my own food
I would take as many fruits and vegetables as possible and try to
plant seeds.
To be honest, so that I wasn't alone I think I would raid a sperm bank and
try to impregnate myself so that I could try to repopulate.
There is a nice mattress store next to the Jewel probably camp there
for a while
Career dreams? You're kidding, right? None of that matters if you are alone. It is just about survival
and experiencing what is left of your life until you die alone.
I am more grateful, calm, relaxed, happy
Career dreams would be zero. I've often dreamt of a simpler life. What career is there to have when no one
else is around.
Shed all the business casual clothes and pack nothing but cotton! Drag
out all the camping gear that I neglect because of work, and
actually use it.
Getting to work on time evaporates. Deadlines are gone. The clock ceases
to matter, and I can let go of the need to be constantly connected.
My career dreams just change pace. I can write for pleasure instead of
deadlines. I'll take as much time as I need, and write what I think is
important, instead of what I'm told to write. I've been waiting until I
have enough money to not have to work every moment of every day.
I'll miss folks, but not many.
First Day - I would go ahead and just relax and listen to nothing. I would go to the nearest pond, lake, ocean,
or whatever that has water and close my eyes & relax.
Since my career goals are pretty much to make a lot of money so that I can retire to spend time with dogs, I think the change would be that I'd
have skipped to the end!
My life and career: my career would be over immediately, and good riddance. My life could become even richer (albeit very different)
than it is now. I'd have total control over what I do and how I react (and
total responsibility for all that!).
Bye bye former useless life as a sheeple. Hello new useful life as a
horse.
I'd spend the rest of my life searching for other humans in between exploring the empty
country. And of course, I'd write - I'd chronicle everything.
My goals will disappear there will be no more pressure of having to do what someone else expect only
whatever I want.
Life will be one of forging, hunting, fishing, and bare essentials of living.
Of course alot of reading unless tankers of gas are close by to keep
generators running.
Well, if I were to fully realize what were going on, I would probably
"trade in" my Chevrolet Sonic for a BMW on the way home. Would
collect as many provisions as I could find.
Actually, I've just retired and can do what I darn well please! Who's going
to tell me different?
Specifically, learn how to play guitar, piano, electric guitar, sing, ski, learn
to fly, have fun!
If I do get the inspiration to do that in due time, I would also drive to the
San Francisco zoo and free at least the snow leopard on display
Find an undamaged blue 67' Mustang.
Find a nice power yacht to live on and travel on.
The safest place might be where no human systems had been installed.
Nature. Away from cities and enormous unmanaged man-made
creations.
On the first day I stop and explore all around me and talk to my creator
and try to discover my new purpose
I no longer have to face the daily barrage of corruption and all the
frustrations that go with it, at work.I no longer have my dear family to talk to.
Everything every day depend on what I do, my inputs etc.
Money means nothing, only what I know and can do.Any stupid move or risk could mean the end of me.
What does a career mean anyway if it is not to help others in some way,
to work with others, to have relationships with others?
In the end, it's just a different type of challenge (and I always liked
challenges)
When I look at my career dreams and aspirations, they're all based on the idea that someone else can see
my success
Even if it took the rest of my life, I would scour the Earth, doing what I need to do in order to survive, just
so I could find anybody else. Otherwise there's just no point to
anything else.
By the end of the first year I think I'd be so lonely I'm not sure I'd want to
continue. What's the point if you don't have anyone to love and love
you?
In a year, I would like to travel to all the places I've dreamed of going to -Venice, Tuscany, Australia and New Zealand - writing about my travels and what I see, writing down the
stories I've had inside me.
My life opens up but is lonely. I can live anywhere, go anywhere, be
anything. There is no judgement, no feedback, no fear, only me and the
planet.
On the first day, go back to bed and have a good sleep, as there's no
need to go to the office, I can relax and once refreshed contemplate on my next move after a hearty meal
It changes dramatically. From wanting to be a successful designer/
business woman to survivor and teacher. Teacher because I need
'someone' else to sustain my animal kingdom when I die, so I'll teach the monkeys/ chimpanzees and other teachable animals how to care for
each other.
I will spend a week or so learning to fly a jumbo jet (takeoff, landing, and
autopilot) whereupon I will commandeer Air Force On
I would not even think about them, it would be a moot point they would
be over.
Besides the fact that I am alone and that any dreams of procreation died
with the rest of the planet? I assume that self-doubt, jealousy,
and a lot of my feelings of inadequacy would disappear.
A lot of my dreams involved my significant other, and my family. If they're not there, then I'd need to
create new dreams. Living a fulfilling, rich and rewarding life
would have to take on a new meaning.
Dreams would go away because my main goal is just to be best parent
and provide for my daughter without her wouldn't be much else
to live for.
I would travel as much as I could and stay in whatever random home
or hotel that looks fancy and test drive cars and wear clothes I could never own in my normal lifetime
during the first 30 days. It would be like hitting the lotto and balling out.
Life and Career Dreams: My "job" will be to figure out what happiness
and survival mean and how to maximize them.
Throw away all my work clothes.
I finally get to pursue my "real" career/dream...to be a full-time
photographer
Everything I want to do involves helping others, so if everyone is gone all I'll be able to do is write
poetry and recite it to myself.
there are a few NASCAR tracks that I would love to take some laps around
at 150 mph or so. I would like to have visited some of the nicest
resorts and mansions.
When I really think about it, my life would be seeing the world. I enjoy
going places and trying things. So if I was immediately alone and didn't need to consider a house note, car note, insurance or retirement...I'd
just go.
I would need to develop a way to bring joy into my life - different than
I had ever done before. I would probably do that by walking a lot in
the park near my home, appreciating the trees and other
beautiful things in nature. I would continue to pray for guidance.
If there were no animals I would go after a robot of some kind from
somewhere. I'm sure it would be a great mission to take up my time to scout every corner of the world to find a working Robot of some kind.
Japan seems like a great place to start. The Honda Company has
some great robots today! Might be fun! Companionship would be a
priority.
I would grab my camera and telephoto lens - drive and start
shooting pics of what is left.
You can get some really cool shots from some very sad surroundings.
Beauty is around us - even when - to others - it looks like tragedy.
I would never give up hope that (even though YOU thought I was the only one left on earth ....) there just
might be one other person left behind with me. I would find him.
My life would immediately be different - in that every decision I made -would be based solely on
how it affected me. In my world today - my decisions are made by
considering those around me first ... always.
I would feel the full responsibility of making my own happiness - blaming no one or making excuses because of someone else... At the end of the day - it's just me. All of the
choices would be mine. No guilt, no compromise, no indecisiveness... I
wonder if it would really feel as fantastic as I think?
Yep, I picked up old school paper copies of maps and am going to visit every major site I have ever wanted
(and a whole lot of minor ones). From the wild of Canada to Tierra de
Fuego, it's just me and the earth, and I am going to see as much as I
can, whether it take one year or ten. After all, what else am I going to do?
I might, before the end of the first year start a cross-country
treck...after I read some books about hiking preparation, etc. :)
I would lay down on the grass in the park near my home, with my arms
outstretched and weep. Then I would walk downhill to the
playground. I would touch the bars and weep again.
Just me and the Earth? Well it is time to travel! First 30 days I am headed somewhere sunny and in the first year I am seeing all the
beauty of the United States. In the years to come maybe I can branch
out, but wish my family was left too. Beauty is so much more beautiful
when you have someone to enjoy it with.
My life would be over because I value human relationships above all else and I would have no need for a career anymore, as everything on the planet would be mine for the
taking and I would not need money.
Life is immediately different in that seeing as how I am the only human left my survival (and my sanity) are
now TOTALLY my responsibility.
My life and career dreams now become immaterial.
On the first day I would get a car and drive like mad around town. That
might last a couple of hours!
And in the end if I see no other positive outcome of the situation, I will look for some hard drugs and I
would end my days having fun knowing that I am going to die
anyway.
The first day, I go home and totally enjoy the serenity and comfort and
lack of time restraints, no expectations of others... Just total
peace and serenity... I enjoy my gardens, the food in the pantry, the
comfort of my home.
Eventually I would have to trek to town to loot the grocery store and
garden center. Stock up on food and get some vegetable plants started... Back home I'd read up on vegetable
gardening and water catchment systems, and work on the gardens I dream about and envision ... I enjoy the peace in the woods for as long
as I can sustain myself
My life becomes my career. My management skills are put to work learning a new way to get by just
hanging out enjoying life ...I'm hoping the birds are part of planet
earth and not the disappearance. As well as the fish when I get to the
coast.
It is too isolated. The purpose of life is blurred. I have to figure out how to bring other life forms into being.
No requirement to deal with idiots and ignorance
I would then find a place to meditate that was out of the
ordinary - knowing that it would be still and quiet around me hence instilling a quiet mind as well :)
My life and career dreams would have come true: Retire and have
enough money to retire on.
After that, I would probably take a shit in a women's bathroom. Can't
do that with a buncha people around? :)
I would either sit outside or indoors, with a nice glass of merlot, before attempting to read anything, and enjoy the absolute stillness of the
environment as I let myself decompress
Confirm if there is anything living, even a rat. If you don't have
something to care for, then you are not living.
When I can't find then I haul my wood shop on my truck and move to
the country side.
I would start a new life in the mountains doing what I always
wanted to do.
I don't want to be here completely alone so if I couldn't find anyone, I'm
not entirely sure I just wouldn't check out to join the others. I'm a
"people creature" and I can't envision a world devoid of
companionship, loved ones, friends.
I don't think I would be motivated to accomplish anything beyond the
people search and basic survival as above without there being anyone
else around.
Then try to help others. Make a cake or a bread to those who are hungry, tell lovely stories to someone who is
alone, embrace someone who is sorrow, wirte a book tell everyone
life is wonderful……
Picking the most scenic lake, I'd find a great cabin with a couple
fireplaces and settle in, enjoying nature and living off the land. Would I try to find out what had happened?
Probably not.
I would experience some elation knowing I could have whatever I wanted materially, but would dip often into extreme grief for all I'd
lost and fear of how I would survive while at the same time questioning why I would even want to survive
alone.
No paper based work load, unnecessary nonsense from
company and no a busybee like every other white collar penguins
I will cry when I release that my family is gone. I may wonder if I am God. I will drive to the closer tv and
radio channel and try to communicate. Definitely the night will find me crying a lot because of
the loneliness
I would drive to the best, most beautiful golf course within
reasonable distance. The most exclusive one that only the Pro's and richest people can play, and play the course while the conditions are still
perfect (assuming grass will be growing daily).
Life dreams would simply be a life of experiencing all the most
beautiful things in life (and likely hoping to see another human again
some day)...
I'm retired now from corporate world with none of it's benefits but
fully employed by the real world with all it's benefits.
Over the year, write and paint (actually, "learn to" is the better description!) recording my life,
creating stories and images for any intelligent life that might happen
along sometime from somewhere!
With no-one else left over, there would be no reason left to live.
A quick and painless end would be the preferable exit out of that
situation.
I'd go back to bed and sleep!
and then just enjoy the silence.
If everyone has disappeared, but not died of anything nasty then I would do everything fabulous; take a boat
and motor up river into Central London, go up the Shard for free (its
£28!). Run around Buckingham Palace just because I could. Go to
galleries and not get crushed. Spend some more time marvelling at the
silence.
After the shock has worn off, the first thing I'd probably do is walk
into a mall and get everything I've ever wanted, like a very expensive watch (or two), clothes, walk into a car dealership and drive off with a
million dollar car.
As for career dreams, I am quite happy to get out of the corporate
world and live a peaceful and quiet life of luxury (since I'm the only man on earth I can go anywhere and take
anything I want!)
I would learn to paint sunsets.
I would still pray for the forgiveness of my sins and the souls of others. I would actually be glad to be free of caring about things do not matter
after we are dead and gone.
I would like to explore the island, travel around staying in different
houses, visiting all the places I haven't been to.
Learn how to be self sufficient in order to feed myself.
I will show myself I am able to do whatever I want to, but I still need to
be surrounded by people or live with them!
My career dreams would not have any reason to exist any more so I
would have to redefine everything because "career" is something
related to competing with other people so no need for it. I would have to get prepared to continue
with a long and lonely life.
With motivation, nothing else to do, and a good flight simulator, should
be a piece of cake. :)
Pilots I've known say it's a lot like driving a bus…
Find the bar with the best Scotch
I would take my heels off, get back on my sweat pants with my hair
down. I would then grab a cup of coffee and read a good book with no worries about tomorrow or the day
after or the day after...
I'd stop and have a donut and a nice coffee, and contemplate what to do.
Food, energy issues at some point. More likely to die from
something like an infection due to an ingrown toenail from the coconut falling on my foot while sleeping in the hammock , then to run out of food. Or maybe getting kicked by the cow I was milking for cream for my coffee. Yeah something simply
stupid.
What else besides fishing would, could or should be done. Even the worse day fishing is better then the
best day at work! However, the fish stories about the big one that got
away would be pointless. No one to tell them to.
I will burn this soulless, spirit-crushing corporate office to the
ground in due time, rest assured... but on day one? Find water.
I feel like my best career years are behind me. I am very proud of what
I have accomplished. I would be safisfied if it all ended today.
There is no need for money, so no need for a career. No drive to show
anyone your success, and your failures only make you stronger. I am now everything I always wanted to
be and more. I am a doctor, an adventurer, an actor, an artist, and
creator. I just am ..
I would drive a police vehicle, climb to the top of a skyscraper and look out over my city. I would go to the
museums and reflect on all the beautiful artwork and see things inever had time for before I was
alone with the earth. The first day I would do things that I could never
do if our world was as it is now.
A community of care would need to be established rather than an
individual one.
Imagine going around to huge concert venues that are empty, just
waiting for you to fill them with music.
I can imagine myself following a similar annual schedule to now,
celebrating Christmas , bonfire night etc. I'd almost certainly laugh at my
current career dreams!
I am creative so I think I would still draw, still be creative, but I doubt
many things that are so important to me now would matter. Why would I
do my makeup, or wear dresses, heels, or even shave my legs? There
is no one to impress.
Have a warm bath and a nap.
You didn't say if there were dead people, if there are, I would plan to dig graves for any of my family. If
there are not I would start to write down everything I remember out
them in my journals. I will not want to forget them.
My story will be entitled: "I am Alive". Not "Legend", I have no
illusions of grandeur.
If there are animals, I would learn how to better interact with them so that I would have some friends and
allies to help fend off the more dangerous things
I will relax, get back to my house, grab the book I'm reading and enjoy
myself.
Really, I wouldn't worry for a couple of days...
The first thing I would do is empty my work email inbox. I would delete every single email until it reads zero.
Then I would go to my favourite beach to ponder my life.
My life and career dreams would be immediately realized without a PhD or other teacher qualification. My natural teaching ability would be
able to be used to it's fullest without any barriers or requirements
I would enjoy the silence and make as many visual observations as possible. Then, I would get my
hands on every dvd boxed set of the television shows that I like and do
some binge watching.
I would never have to see my manager again and I would be
happy. But, there are a lot of other people that I would miss. I don't
know if missing them is worth never seeing my manager.
I would take the time to glimpse into others lives by looking at what they had left behind in terms of homes etc and try to get a sense of who
they were.