I have a rule called “get gas when it’s easy.” I try not to let my tank go below half all that often, and when I notice it’s getting towards the halfway mark I think about when it will be easiest to fill it up. If I don’t do it when it’s an easy time, inevitably I’ll be rushing around all of the other times I could fill up and it will creep lower and lower until it is an emergency, or at least not easy or convenient to do it.
I love the reminder to keep gas in the tank metaphorically, as well!
Love this reminder. I used to be a “I’ll do it tomorrow on the way to work” pybut id forget and only remember as I grabbed my keys on the way out the door. These days I tell myself that it is the luxury of a full tank that brings peace (it does to this directionally-challenged person) so I fill up about 1-3 days sooner than I need to, when it’s most convenient for me.
Also as an enneagram 1, I appreciate the nudge about not leaving it all on the track.
Wise words! And I need to hear them way more often since there is so much pressure to give everything in today's corporate world (and even in some areas of freetime).
I have a rule called “get gas when it’s easy.” I try not to let my tank go below half all that often, and when I notice it’s getting towards the halfway mark I think about when it will be easiest to fill it up. If I don’t do it when it’s an easy time, inevitably I’ll be rushing around all of the other times I could fill up and it will creep lower and lower until it is an emergency, or at least not easy or convenient to do it.
I love the reminder to keep gas in the tank metaphorically, as well!
Love this reminder. I used to be a “I’ll do it tomorrow on the way to work” pybut id forget and only remember as I grabbed my keys on the way out the door. These days I tell myself that it is the luxury of a full tank that brings peace (it does to this directionally-challenged person) so I fill up about 1-3 days sooner than I need to, when it’s most convenient for me.
Also as an enneagram 1, I appreciate the nudge about not leaving it all on the track.
Wise words! And I need to hear them way more often since there is so much pressure to give everything in today's corporate world (and even in some areas of freetime).