Crosscut

Not everything in my life is as secure as I want it to be. My current source of income is one example. And while I handle this well (it doesn't cause me stress), it did result in some mental overhead. Whenever there was a significant change, I started reconsidering my options. Thinking about if and when it would make sense to change my approach.

A few months back, I decided that I should deal with this problem in a more principled manner. So I sat down and developed a clear and actionable Plan B, for what I would do if my income failed. More importantly, I set objective criteria for when Plan B would activate. Right away, that provided a lot of clarity.

And there was a secondary effect, also positive. In multiple ways, that Plan B would present a clear cut for me. Away from frivolous pursuits, towards more serious efforts that had a better chance of sustaining me (financially) in the short term. This mirrored how I thought about Crosscut's use case, and started to affect my views on that topic.