I sometimes notice little diabetes parallels in routine life moments. I just threw a glass jar into the recycle bin in our garage. Ordinarily this is a pretty straight forward thing. I open the door to the garage (in our laundry room) and throw the object in (we don’t have to sort anymore). I don’t need to turn the light on or anything – it’s right there and it has a big opening.
Only tonight the recycle bin was out on the curb (thanks to my son). So when I tossed the glass jar into the dark garage, it hit the concrete floor and shattered. Just like when we take insulin without checking a blood glucose, or treat a low with everything in the refrigerator.
Lessons learned: look before you toss and paying attention pays off.