Originally Posted by
Hasselhof
When I started commuting to work I made a commitment to myself that I would ride everyday I could, however as part of that I also allowed myself to uber / taxi / take my own car once per month on average for the days where that just wasn't possible. It was great, I initially thought I had underestimated how often I'd need to use my get out of jail free card, but after twelve months when I reassessed how I was going I realised I'd only needed to use it about six times in the year, so on average once every two months.
This reminds me of when my kids were in high school. I gave them all one "mental health" day per year -- they could skip for whatever reason and I'd write them the note. It rarely got used before May (and sometimes 'expired') because every time they'd think of staying home to work on a paper or just get some extra sleep, they always worried that they'd need it more down the road and didn't want to waste it. So they sucked up whatever it was and went to school.