Privacy limits for cameras: costing it honestly
If you only read one paragraph, read this: privacy limits for cameras depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time.…
Safety habits when living alone: costing it honestly
If you only read one paragraph, read this: safety habits when living alone depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time.…
The leaving-the-house check: five common misreadings
Put the leaving-the-house check back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months…
Building an emergency kit: how to tell you are doing it right
Separate two things in building an emergency kit: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…
Plans for water and power cuts: the wrong order wears you out
Let us set the limits of plans for water and power cuts first: it reliably improves fewer household arguments, and it does not deliver overnight.…
Neighbour support networks: costing it honestly
Let us set the limits of neighbour support networks first: it reliably improves a week that stays orderly, and it does not deliver overnight.…
After a fire: what next: from messy to orderly
Anyone who has spent time on after a fire: what next has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not another…
Running a home drill: when a professional should step in
Separate two things in running a home drill: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action instead…
Socket load and extension leads: for people with no spare time
Advice on socket load and extension leads tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some…
Placing a gas alarm: for people with no spare time
Separate two things in placing a gas alarm: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action instead…
Choosing a fire extinguisher: from messy to orderly
Separate two things in choosing a fire extinguisher: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…
Drawing an escape route: only a few moves matter
Separate two things in drawing an escape route: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…
Balcony fall protection: the wrong order wears you out
Most people want balcony fall protection to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…
Window restrictors: costing it honestly
If you have already tried window restrictors and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an environment never…
Anchoring tall furniture: costing it honestly
Advice on anchoring tall furniture tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and…
Making a bathroom less slippery: only a few moves matter
Separate two things in making a bathroom less slippery: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the…
Sources of carbon monoxide: how to tell you are doing it right
Put sources of carbon monoxide back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months…
Choosing child locks: the wrong order wears you out
Put choosing child locks back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months will…
Storing medicine and cleaners: how to start and how to keep it
Advice on storing medicine and cleaners tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience…
Checking for ageing wiring: the long game versus the quick fix
Separate two things in checking for ageing wiring: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…