Survival: Fountain of Youth - Very Hard/Permadeath, Episode 5 (Attempt #1)

In this series we're cranking everything up to maximum; We're playing on Ironman mode which means our first death is the end of the playthrough, we're also on Very Hard so that every setting is as demanding as possible upon world creation, and I've also set the weather change frequency to Very Low, which will cause rainfall to be exceedingly rare, and force us to be more resourceful regarding the maintenance of our thirst. We will also be spawning randomly around the island, instead of using the regular vanilla spawn point; This can be a great thing, or this can be a terrible thing.
"Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate."
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Word of the Day: Penance - Voluntary self-punishment or the dignified donning of afflictions and misfortune in the name of atonement and repentance for past wrongdoings.
Health Cookie #5: HIIT is High Intensity Interval Training, a type of training in which you maximize periods of exertion while minimizing periods of rest. The goal is to spike your heart rate as much as possible and thus clean up your cardiovascular machinery significantly, while also getting a huge surge of BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, described in Health Cookie #2). The health benefits of this cannot be overstated, because you're rigorously engaging your entire body and straining the whole thing as much as you possibly can. The hormetic effects (also mentioned in Health Cookie #2) caused by this are numerous, and both your biological and neurological wellbeing will improve significantly as a result of doing it. You might, for example, practice HIIT by having 15 minute periods of extraordinary effort and exertion followed by 3 minute periods of rest, for an hour, twice a week. Repeatedly getting your heart rate very high then letting it come back down again, four consecutive times, with various exercises meant to push your cardio and muscles to their absolute limit. When I took Karate, this was how Sensei Tirrell trained us. We'd have two cycles of 15 minutes of training followed by 3 minutes of rest, performing various high-intensity exercises, then the remainder of the class would be dedicated to practicing technique application. In Jiu Jitsu we would often somersault around the mats repeatedly, 3 minutes of that followed by 1 minute of rest, then we'd crawl-sprint across the floor and back, 3 minutes of that followed by 1 minute of rest. In Muay Thai we'd be shadowboxing or hitting the bag, throwing blows in drills, responding to melee combo calls in sequence, and we'd be having long periods of exertion followed by brief periods of rest and respite. If you drink coffee, do HIIT and have a cold shower, all in one day, then the biological benefit you subsequently reap in regards to your physical health and neurological wellness will be staggering and nigh immeasurable.