When planning things such as a trip, there are two kinds of people: those who only think in terms of happy paths, and those that take into account the chance of things going wrong. I am learning to be in the latter group.

Now, of the latter group, there are two kinds of people: those who simply add buffer time, and those who have contingencies in case their Plan A doesn’t work out. While having some buffer is often a fine way to plan for things going wrong (for example, traffic on the way to the airport), it’s often ineffective. Be creative and think of your Plan B instead of defaulting to just adding more time to your plan.

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