Life's Error Tolerance is Bigger Than You Can Imagine?

After reading this story about buying rice and ending up in Tibet, you'll understand the truth.
The core logic of this story.
Buying rice→fishing→getting lost→entering Tibet→getting home.
A series of wrong operations, yet nothing serious happened.
This shows: most choices aren't that fatal.
Why is the error tolerance so big?
First, modern society's infrastructure provides a safety net.
No fuel? You can find a gas station. Car broken? You can find a repair shop.
No phone signal, but the road is still there.
This is the dividend of civilization, not individual capability.
Second, most decisions are irreversible but correctable.
Wrong road? You can turn around. Wrong job? You can job-hop.
Situations where one mistake ruins everything forever are actually rare.
Don't treat minor issues as life-or-death crises.
But the problem is also significant.
First, survivor bias.
The author can tell this story alive because they were lucky.
Some people's tires blow out in remote areas, some people truly can't find their way back.
Don't treat other people's luck as your safety net.
Second, this is a joke, not a guide.
Buying rice without money, going to Tibet without COVID tests, driving mountain roads at night.
Any one of these operations in reality could lead to serious consequences.
Just enjoy it as entertainment, don't actually do something so reckless.
The source of anxiety.
We always feel every step must be right.
Choose the wrong major and it's over, enter the wrong field and it's ruined, marry the wrong person and it's tragic.
Actually, life is a wilderness, not a railroad track.
Going off course a bit, the scenery might be better.
Some practical advice for people prone to anxiety.
First, distinguish between "fatal mistakes" and "ordinary mistakes."
Illegal activities, health, safety—these are red lines, don't cross them.
Most other things—if you mess up, you mess up, and you can fix it.
Second, don't get caught up in "sunk costs."
Didn't end up buying rice, didn't catch fish either.
But saw pandas, had an adventure.
The process is also a gain, don't just fixate on results.
Third, allow yourself to "waste" time.
Detours, getting lost, daydreaming.
These seemingly unproductive moments might be life's buffer zones.
Too tense, and you'll snap.
Fourth, do basic preparation.
Big error tolerance doesn't mean you don't need to prepare.
Maintain your car when needed, save money when needed.
The more prepared you are, the bigger your error tolerance.
Finally, the truth.
This story ultimately is engagement bait.
But that doesn't stop it from making a good point.
Life really isn't that fragile.
But don't use that as an excuse to give up.
Big error tolerance is to make you dare to try.
Not to let you mess around recklessly.