Farmers walk the fence line before anything gets out, not after. Fix the gap while it’s still just a gap.

Problems are cheapest while they are still small and nobody has noticed them. Walking the line costs a few minutes; chasing the consequences costs a day you did not have free. Prevention is dull by design, which is exactly why it keeps getting postponed. Nothing feels urgent about a sagging wire until something is standing in the road.

Name one gap you already know about. A low tire, an assignment you could still hand in, a message you have been avoiding. Handle it this week while it is still a five-minute job rather than a weekend one.