The farmer who closes every gate behind them never has to chase the herd down the road at dusk.

A small act of closure prevents a large act of recovery. Shutting the gate takes seconds and removes a whole category of future problem, which is the trade most prevention offers: a definite tiny cost now against an occasional enormous cost later. The trouble is that prevention never feels like it worked. You only ever see the disasters you did not avoid.

Identify your own gates: the backup, the lock, the saved file, the message confirming the time. Pick one and do it every time for a week without judging whether it was needed. Treat the absence of chaos as the evidence.