What is your personal method/strategy for getting unlost?

So these are all metaphors. I’m not talking about geographically lost. I’m talking about psychologically lost.

Some people, when lost, will plow ahead, full speed, trusting that eventually they will come out in a place they know. Others might backtrack until they find a familiar landmark, and then move forward again.

I’m sure there are many other methods or strategies for “unlosing” yourself. What’s yours? Please provide a real life example where you employed this method or strategy.