The goal isn’t to never feel lost. It’s to have people and habits that help you find your way back.

Nobody gets to avoid feeling lost, and building your life around never feeling it only makes the arrival worse. What helps is having a route back: a couple of people you can call with no reason prepared, and a few habits that still work on a bad week. The way home is the part worth constructing in advance.

Decide now who your two phone calls are, before you need them. Then pick one habit that steadies you and keep it going on the days you feel fine.