Watch out for doing stuff in the name of “getting ready” or “getting smarter” or any other phrase you can think of.
You’re doing things today for stuff that might or might not happen tomorrow. And what you do today, in preparation, may or may not be relevant to what may or may not happen tomorrow.
Nothing is at all wrong with being prepared, having contingencies, etc. Risk only exists in the future.
But don’t be dumb about this. Don’t be like those preppers who stockpile 50,000 rounds of ammo to be ready when the SHTF. If and when the SHTF, your 50,000 rounds of ammo won’t matter. There are hidden risks in SHTF situations that you are not accounting for and you can’t even see. And there are some risks that don’t even exist yet so they can’t be seen.
Action now. That is what matters. Take territory, consolidate your position, and build buffers. Move forward, become antifragile, move forward again.
Being antifragile is action, reaction, movement, adjustment. Stay put, hunker down, protect? That’s fragile, but it looks robust to you. “This extensive fortification you built looks good, Monsieur Maginot. France is secure. Let’s go have a cocktail.”