First stop would be Home Depot to pick up a serious set of bolt cutters. Second stop would be the local gun store, using bolt cutters to gain access. After selecting, testing, practicing, and loading up, I’m ready to face the world. Quick detour – need to stop at REI for survival items.
Now, it would be a lot more fun with the hope of other "survivors" - it would become a quest and hope is a strong motivator. But the original premise was that you are the last person on Earth. With that in mind I’d have to say “good riddance” to the human race and quash any desire to resurrect it. Fatalistically, I’d have to turn hedonistic (oh darn!).
But first, I’d go exploring and see things I haven’t seen before. It would be difficult and very dangerous to cross an ocean solo so, initially, I'd stay on this land mass. Eventually I’d get bored enough to risk a large crossing with a top-of-the line sail boat and head to Europe for some more exploring. From there I can get to almost everywhere else (sorry Australia/New Zealand – maybe in the next imaginary life).
For those times where I want to settle down for a bit, I'd head towards the ocean to live: it'd be easier to consistently catch food from the sea than to hunt on dry land. I’d head somewhere tropical to minimize weather concerns (and enjoy the benefits of mass amounts of fruit). I’d find a nice place near the beach – high enough to reduce concern of tides/floods. Or maybe have two homes and move between them with the seasons.
Learning about medicine would be crucial. It would be very important to know how long the drugs remain viable and how to make them from scratch when the drugs have all expired or are dangerous to take. And you have to be careful: there's no one to help you if you break a leg. Can you imagine having to remove your own appendix? Don’t forget to floss – doing your own tooth extractions wouldn’t be fun.
Oh, and I’d pick up a
traveling companion (conveniently, they're office is not far from my house).
This would be more portable, though.