It's great to take things one day at a time, and live in the present.
But at least once a day, you've got to think about where you've been and where you're going.
If you don't open your eyes and pull your head out of the clouds periodically, you could end up: having your car's engine seize in the middle of an intersection too far from home to push, fall victim to fraud and owe thousands of dollars to the bank over an alleged photo assignment, have to race across four cities to get a new passport and beg them to help you because you fly to Mexico tomorrow morning, and/or get into all sorts of other equally - if not, worse - trouble that you won't always make it out of.
These are all true stories that have actually happened to me. I've finally opened my eyes to the realities of the world; at least for a good long while before the next event does. I've been exceedingly lucky to have made it through those and other blunders unscathed, and live to tell the tale. I can't tell you how many times I've been scared, worried or waiting with baited breath for things to work out in my favor. Who knows when my luck will run out, but for the time being I'm thankful somebody up there still likes me!
