Useful Mental Simulations

Motivation

I sometimes get this feeling that people are not being totally true, that for one reason or another, they are compartmentalised, and if something happened that was unexpected and negative (or highly positive), they would not cope well.

Also, my dreams can be boring, so I like to persuade myself to dream about something else.

Scenarios

Imagine you are about to die.

I imagine myself lying there and waiting for the moment. I look back at the things I haven't done, and the few things that I have done, the things I am happy about, the things I wish could be better. I see all the possibilities and how I am only a small subset of this universe. I happily shrink into nothingness from which I came.

Imagine you win the lottery. (Let's say you do play)

I say to myself "oh wow, is this for real?" I go to my list of things I'd do if money is no object and start to pounder them one by one.

Imagine a loved one is about to pass away.

No imagination needed.

Imagine the birth of your first child. (Let's assume by normal means.)

...TBC...

Imagine a house search.

...TBC...