Stranded Alone On An Island: What Would You Do?

What if you could turn off the world’s noise for just one moment, listen to the quiet inside, and know, with certainty, what to do next?

Imagine this: you wake up one morning, and you’re completely alone on a beautiful, deserted island. There’s no one around, no phone, no advice on what to do, no opinions on what’s right. Just you. Your thoughts. And your instincts.

Think about it. You’re not waiting for anyone to give you an answer. You’re not second-guessing your choices because someone else might disagree. There’s no one there to validate or challenge you, no one to ask, “Are you sure about that?” The only voice you hear is your own.

And that’s where it gets interesting.

In a world flooded with opinions, strategies, five-step programs, and endless voices, it’s easy to feel like your own intuition is buried beneath a mountain of “shoulds.” Somewhere in all that noise, we lose touch with that simple, inner knowing—the quiet voice that would speak up if only it had the space to be heard.

Because, let’s be honest, intuition isn’t something loud or demanding. It’s not the voice that yells or waves its arms in the back of your mind, telling you exactly what to do. No, intuition is more like a whisper, a nudge. And when the world’s noise drowns it out, that whisper fades into background static, so subtle you might miss it altogether.

The trick to hearing it again? Picture that island. Imagine you’re truly alone there. Because intuition, like muscles, needs space to grow and strengthen. And it flourishes best in silence, in solitude—away from the noise of others, away from the pressures of expectation.

Now, you might be thinking, “But I’m not actually on an island.” And that’s true. But there’s something profoundly transformative about simply imagining it. By visualizing that quiet place within yourself, you’re giving your intuition a chance to step forward. It’s like closing your eyes to really hear something far off in the distance. The louder the world gets, the more important it becomes to find that internal quiet, that place inside where you alone are enough.

Here’s the magic of that island exercise: it strips away the extras and leaves you with just one question—What do I want to do? No right answer, no wrong answer. Just your answer. And that’s the one that matters.

Let’s bring it to a real situation. Say you’re standing at a crossroads in life, trying to decide whether to make a career shift, leave a relationship, sleep train your baby, or take a leap into something entirely new. You’ve weighed the pros and cons, listened to your friends, read all the advice articles, and yet, the answer isn’t clear. You’re torn between what’s logical, what others say is best, and what your heart keeps quietly suggesting.

So, picture yourself alone on that island, far from anyone who knows you, anyone who has an opinion on your life. There, stripped of all expectations, ask yourself what you’d do. In that solitude, the answer that arises often feels simpler, clearer. You’re tuning into a voice you’ve always had but maybe haven’t always trusted.

And here’s the thing about intuition—it’s not about being “right” or “wrong.” It’s about choosing from a place that feels aligned, where the answer resonates deeply with who you are. Intuition isn’t some mystical power meant only for the “spiritual” or the “enlightened.” It’s accessible, earthy, and natural—if you just give it room to breathe.

When you strip away the noise, the opinions, the input from everyone else, something remarkable happens. You find that, underneath it all, you actually know a lot more than you give yourself credit for. There’s wisdom there, just waiting for you to tune in.

It doesn’t require an actual deserted island, either. It’s in the quiet mornings before the world wakes up, in a peaceful moment in nature, or even just a pause during your day where you close your eyes, take a deep breath, and ask yourself what you want.

Try it the next time you feel pulled in a thousand directions. Imagine the quiet, the solitude of being alone, truly alone. Listen to what surfaces in that silence. That answer might surprise you—not because it’s something new, but because it’s been waiting, just beneath the noise, all along.

In a world that’s always telling us to “seek advice,” sometimes the boldest thing we can do is to trust the voice within.