If you consider your personal environment for work and study as a business operation you should think about applying the principles of BC to that situation which means developing and implementing your own disaster recovery strategy.

A large part of your personal environment will be based on access to technology such as a PC or laptop, telephone, Internet access, and community services.

1. Make a list of all the technical resources which you use regularly.

Identify which ones you consider to be essential or critical.

2. Make a list of all the reference material which you use regularly, e.g., contact lists, books, and websites.

Identify which ones you consider to be essential or critical.

3. Make a note of the recovery or replacement strategies which are available for your essential technical resources.

Select which of these strategies are practical and affordable.

• Shouldnt you be doing something about this or perhaps you have?