Express a sentiment of self-reliance and individualism, with a dismissive attitude towards other people's problems.
I am a bit more self-reliant than your average modern day moron who lacks the common sense necessary to plan. So yes a year in the 1880s wouldn't effect my family or myself very much at all. It might be interesting to watch people cope with it though. Your problem, is not my problem unless your problem effects me, and then I will deal with it my way!