Get ready....

Are you prepared?  Prepared for what? Prepared for the inevitable, for the winter, for the cold for the snow and for the fallen trees.  Prepared for the power to be out, the roads to be bad, the floods to come up and the water to stop pumping?  Where I live is pretty rural and I like to be prepared, truth is though, I rarely am.  Last winter I made it to work reliably in my little Bavarian machine, but it was close sometimes, euro cars are not meant for the deep snow no matter what tires you use.  For this reason I have been trying to make steps towards being prepared this year.  The first of which was buying a four wheel drive truck.  When you make one step for preparedness you have to make another. I got a tool box on my truck now and I try to thoughtfully put things in that I have needed on occasion.  And so it goes, every time I prepare for something I think about how it can go wrong and try to better prepare until my tool box is absolutely full.  This means I have to check in with reality sometimes and realize some of which I prepare for is real and some are fabricated scenarios.  I have observed, though, that preparedness is the byproduct of an OCD mind.  It can be useful and it can be harmful.  I have tried to understand my need to be prepared and prepare wisely.  Are you prepared? Don't let it make you crazy.