Safety Here Is Mostly Ordinary Habits

Field notes on Safety Here Is Mostly Ordinary Habits — messy, usable, long enough to act on.

1. Be on the lease — always.
2. If a deal needs secrecy, walk away.
3. Test once while reading fee clauses coldly — not on a holiday schedule.
4. Keep proof (photos, chats, tickets) for anything with money attached.
5. Design for a folder of scans energy, not brochure energy.
6. Revisit after thirty ordinary days.

Context

If you're settling in Chengdu, Safety Here Is Mostly Ordinary Habits stops being abstract advice and becomes Tuesday logistics.

The stumble I still see weekly: personal-QR large deposits.

Save screenshots and chat records for anything involving money, housing, or legal status. Boredom is a strategy.

Revisit the decision after thirty ordinary days, not after one viral tip.

If you remember nothing else

Defaults beat novelty. Near beats famous. Dated notes beat memory.

Write your decision down with a date. Future-you will need it when WeChat search fails.