Everyone on earth disappears, except you. You are all alone. It's like the movie "I Am Legend," but no zombies. Everything else is still in place. Cars still on the roads and buildings still in tact and everything is peaceful. What's the first thing that you do? How does your life and career change? What are your goals for the first 30 days and the first year?

1. 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.

2. Less stress ;) and probably happier
due to only having to deal with
myself

3. 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.

4. 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

5. The desire for survival and a fulfilling
life has not changed, but the
method of doing so has.

6. Frankly, if just the humans
disappeared it would be an ideal
world again and much easier to
restore balance to the earth

7. I would breathe

8. To be really honest I think
initially I would crumble.

9. I will need to learn how to hunt
and grow my own food

10. I would take as many fruits and
vegetables as possible and try to
plant seeds.

11. 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.

12. There is a nice mattress store next
to the Jewel probably camp there
for a while

13. 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.

14. I am more grateful, calm,
relaxed, happy

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. I'll miss folks, but not many.

20. 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.

21. 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!

22. 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!).

23. Bye bye former useless life as a
sheeple. Hello new useful life as a
horse.

24. 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.

25. My goals will disappear there will be
no more pressure of having to do
what someone else expect only
whatever I want.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. Actually, I've just retired and can do
what I darn well please! Who's going
to tell me different?

29. Specifically, learn how to play guitar,
piano, electric guitar, sing, ski, learn
to fly, have fun!

30. 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

31. Find an undamaged blue 67'
Mustang.

32. Find a nice power yacht to live
on and travel on.

33. The safest place might be where no
human systems had been installed.
Nature. Away from cities and
enormous unmanaged man-made
creations.

34. On the first day I stop and explore all
around me and talk to my creator
and try to discover my new purpose

35. 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.

36. 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?

37. In the end, it's just a different type
of challenge (and I always liked
challenges)

38. When I look at my career dreams
and aspirations, they're all based on
the idea that someone else can see
my success

39. 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.

40. 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?

41. 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.

42. 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.

43. 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

44. 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.

45. I will spend a week or so learning to
fly a jumbo jet (takeoff, landing, and
autopilot) whereupon I will
commandeer Air Force On

46. I would not even think about them,
it would be a moot point they would
be over.

47. 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.

48. 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.

49. 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.

50. 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.

51. Life and Career Dreams: My "job"
will be to figure out what happiness
and survival mean and how to
maximize them.

52. Throw away all my work clothes.

53. I finally get to pursue my "real"
career/dream...to be a full-time
photographer

54. 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.

55. 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.

56. 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.

57. 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.

58. 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.

59. I would grab my camera and
telephoto lens - drive and start
shooting pics of what is left.

60. You can get some really cool shots
from some very sad surroundings.
Beauty is around us - even when - to
others - it looks like tragedy.

61. 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.

62. 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.

63. 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?

64. 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?

65. I might, before the end of the first
year start a cross-country
treck...after I read some books
about hiking preparation, etc. :)

66. 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.

67. 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.

68. 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.

69. 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.

70. My life and career dreams now
become immaterial.

71. On the first day I would get a car and
drive like mad around town. That
might last a couple of hours!

72. 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.

73. 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.

74. 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

75. 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.

76. It is too isolated. The purpose of life
is blurred. I have to figure out how
to bring other life forms into being.

77. No requirement to deal with
idiots and ignorance

78. 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 :)

79. My life and career dreams would
have come true: Retire and have
enough money to retire on.

80. After that, I would probably take a
shit in a women's bathroom. Can't
do that with a buncha people
around? :)

81. 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

82. Confirm if there is anything living,
even a rat. If you don't have
something to care for, then you are
not living.

83. When I can't find then I haul my
wood shop on my truck and move to
the country side.

84. I would start a new life in the
mountains doing what I always
wanted to do.

85. 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.

86. 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.

87. 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……

88. 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.

89. 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.

90. No paper based work load,
unnecessary nonsense from
company and no a busybee like
every other white collar penguins

91. 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

92. 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).

93. 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)...

94. 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.

95. 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!

96. 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.

97. I'd go back to bed and sleep!
and then just enjoy the silence.

98. 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.

99. 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.

100. 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!)

101. I would learn to paint sunsets.

102. 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.

103. 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.

104. 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!

105. 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.

106. 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…

107. Find the bar with the best Scotch

108. 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...

109. I'd stop and have a donut and a nice
coffee, and contemplate what to do.

110. 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.

111. 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.

112. I will burn this soulless, spirit-crushing
corporate office to the
ground in due time, rest assured...
but on day one? Find water.

113. 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.

114. 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 ..

115. 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 i
never 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.

116. A community of care would need to
be established rather than an
individual one.

117. Imagine going around to huge
concert venues that are empty, just
waiting for you to fill them with
music.

118. 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!

119. 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.

120. Have a warm bath and a nap.

121. 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.

122. My story will be entitled: "I am
Alive". Not "Legend", I have no
illusions of grandeur.

123. 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

124. I will relax, get back to my house,
grab the book I'm reading and enjoy
myself.

125. Really, I wouldn't worry for a
couple of days...

126. 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.

127. 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

128. 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.

129. 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.

130. 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.