Create enough flexibility that opportunity does not require catastrophe first.

Without flexibility, the only way to change anything is for the current arrangement to break. People wait for redundancy, illness, or a crisis to force a move they wanted years earlier, because there was no slack to move voluntarily. Building flexibility means change can happen without disaster arranging it for you.

Create a small amount of room now: time, savings, or a reduced commitment. Enough that a good opportunity would not require your life to fall apart first.