1. I have no food. If solved, go to 2.
2. I have no clothing. If solved, go to 3.
3. I have no shelter. If solved, go to 4.
4. I have no money. If solved, go to 5.
5. I have no car. If solved, go to 6.
6. I have no job. If solved, go to 7.
7. I don’t make enough money. If solved, go to 8.
8. I have not yet amassed enough money to calm my fears about possible difficulties in the immediate future. If solved, go to 9.
9. My car sucks. If solved, go to 10.
10. My job sucks. If solved, go to 11.
11. The stuff I have is inadequate. If solved, go to 12.
12. I have too much stuff. If solved, go to 13.
13. I have no time to do the things I used to do when I didn’t have money. If solved, go to 14.
14. I have no purpose in life. If solved, go to 15.
15. I have some kind of health issue that keeps from fulfilling my purpose in life. If solved, go to 16.
16. Someone I know has some kind of problem that distracts me. If solved, go to 17.
17. Go to 9-15, indexed as appropriate, or at random.
That’s pretty much Maslow’s ‘hierarchy of needs’ that you’ve re-invented there, Tim. The addition of 9-15 gives it contemporary depth, though. Very funny / very not funny. I think you can hit numbers 13-16 without passing through 9-12. Might be worth tweaking the flow of your model before you enter the expensive empirical testing phase …