Build your buffer

If we only look at the short-term, we use up everything we have and get rid of the reserve or the buffer. The buffer is there for moments of difficulty and high demand. An extra $25,000 in the bank makes difficult times easier. But if I spend the $25k on a new car, the difficult times are downright terrible.

Build yourself a buffer, not just in money, but in all things. That way you have a reserve into which you can dip during difficult times.

The buffer creates a bubble of space in which you can breathe and operate to stabilize the situation. Without the buffer, your hair would be on fire.

A buffer of pre-written blog posts is what I should have had to prevent a five-day lapse in posting here on the blog. But I write these every day so these things happen.