A slow leak in a tire won’t stop you today. It’ll leave you on the side of the road next week. Fix small things.

Problems that are not urgent get to choose their own timing. A slow leak lets you drive all week, which is exactly why it goes unfixed, and then it collects the debt at the worst possible moment on a road you had no plans to stop on. Nothing about it was hidden. It was just never today’s emergency.

Write down the three small things you keep meaning to deal with, the ones that are annoying rather than alarming. Pick the cheapest and finish it this week. Put the next one in your calendar with an actual date instead of an intention.