Remember from a few days ago when I said, if it can go wrong it will?
Well today I got a flat tire while driving.
I was 16 minutes away from home, 35 minutes from my mechanic, an hour out from changing it myself, and several hours out from getting the car towed/fixed/back on the road.
None of these were convenient options.
…When is getting a flat tire ever convenient though, eh?
Very fortunately for me, just as I was rolling up my sleeves to change it myself… I saw a car shop just down the road.
I slowly drove there and they very kindly got me patched up and back on the road within 30 minutes.
It couldn’t have been a more ideal situation for a thing gone wrong.
This is a rarity, though.
Usually, things only continue to complicate after the initial inconvenience. Which is why I’m suggesting, yet again, you meditate on solutions to things that could very possibly go wrong in your life. Some starter ideas:
- Flat tire with no cell reception… do you know how to change it yourself?
- Lost your phone and all the information on it… do you have a backup?
- Your basement flooded… are really important items stored off the ground?
- A pipe burst and water is spewing everywhere… do you know where the main shutoff is?
- Somebody breaks into your home and steals the five most valuable things laying out in the open… do you have a safe?
While it might feel inconvenient or unpleasant to reflect on this now… imagine how much more inconvenient and unpleasant it’ll be when you have to figure it out after the fact.