This week’s tip: Don’t get lazy.
Like many exciting new things in life, personal security can be relatively easy to initiate but hard to maintain. We read an inspiring article, discover a fun new tool online, or are recommended a new practice we want to try out. That initial motivation is fresh and exciting. Starting something new often is.
But what about a couple weeks later? Are you still excited about it? After a year or two, are you still fully engaged and motivated?
Don’t Get Lazy
Your safety and that of those you care for is important. When the fun and excitement of a new practice or habit – like personal security – starts to wear off, you have to make sure you have the support structures and accountability in place to maintain your behaviors. If you have decided that personal safety and security is important, then you have to make sure you don’t get lazy about it.
Don’t build your own EDC and then toss it in a drawer and forget about it after a few weeks.
Don’t learn a whole lot about situational awareness and then spend your time in public staring at a phone screen.
Don’t buy a first aid kit and forget it at home while you are out on a family vacation.
Like any skill, you have to keep practicing personal security. You need to stay engaged. Set reminders on your phone, ask a friend for help, make post-it note reminders to hang around your home or office. Eventually your habits will be set in stone and you won’t need the reminders anymore. But until then, don’t let them fall by the wayside.
Why does it matter?
Because one of these days you may actually run into that emergency that you thought about preparing for. One day you might need the first aid kit while you’re at the beach. Or you may get a flat tire on the way to the airport. You might even need to evacuate a building quickly under stress. If you let yourself get lazy with your safety practices, sooner or later you’re going to wish you hadn’t.
Stay motivated! Stay engaged! Don’t get lazy with your security!
