What contingencies should I be planning for in day to day life?
Those related to what you do and where you go in day to day life. The only people who need to worry about a micrometeorite punching a hole in the spaceship get training for it already.
These might include such things as: locking yourself out of your house, having an auto breakdown, being confronted by a mugger, being in an unfamiliar building when the fire alarm goes off, coming upon the scene of a serious accident, where to go and how to get there when widespread flooding is imminent, being stranded in a foreign country without funds or a ticket out, when to see a doctor when a mole you’ve always had starts growing, getting old, and so on.
Do you have insurance for anything? The list of what it covers is a list of contingencies. If it’s worth spending money for the monetary compensation, it’s worth thinking about how to deal with it if it happens, and how to stop it happening.
Those related to what you do and where you go in day to day life. The only people who need to worry about a micrometeorite punching a hole in the spaceship get training for it already.
These might include such things as: locking yourself out of your house, having an auto breakdown, being confronted by a mugger, being in an unfamiliar building when the fire alarm goes off, coming upon the scene of a serious accident, where to go and how to get there when widespread flooding is imminent, being stranded in a foreign country without funds or a ticket out, when to see a doctor when a mole you’ve always had starts growing, getting old, and so on.
Do you have insurance for anything? The list of what it covers is a list of contingencies. If it’s worth spending money for the monetary compensation, it’s worth thinking about how to deal with it if it happens, and how to stop it happening.