Tactic: keep focused on six month zero harm target
Okay, let's get real about this: staying safe for six
months is not the only objective. Obviously we all want to
stay safe forever. The larger objective is what you get out of this
tactic. Consider these benefits:
- The goal gives you a concrete purpose to work with, as
opposed to the general idea of staying safe or not crashing
- Having a real period of time to focus on helps to remind you
that the risk is real, and is particularly high in that time
period
- You can use it to remind you that a lot of people have not made
it through the first six months of solo driving
- Use it to remind you that it would ruin your life to kill or
hurt someone else. That's why we say zero harm.
- And it means that when you do achieve the goal, you can feel
confident to go on to better things.
Once that six months is over, focus on the things you learnt to
get you there, and how to apply that to becoming a safer and surer
driver from then on. If you need a new goal, make one, and
make it good. But hopefully you won't need one by then - we all
have to learn simply that whenever we get in a car and drive, we
must focus in order to protect everyone involved.