welcome here!
I also use eos i3 at work, my strategy is to do about one update per week on Fridays, and I generally backup my work folder just in case something goes wrong. It is very rare, most problems I had were related to nvidia graphics drivers, but its the same problem with other distros. I find EOS more stable than ubuntu in my day to day work, generally less crashes. Lucky me!
And this is the best community, willing to help and fast!
edit: no crashes yet on eos to clarify…