"To avoid these things" means to take actions or make choices that prevent or stay away from specific problems, troubles, or undesirable outcomes. Full definition
This will help you in avoiding things like typos and other errors. (bestsampleresume.com)
The best place to start is to pinpoint the mistakes you were making with online dating or what went wrong during the process, and then work toward avoiding those things in the future. (uk.match.com)
But trying to avoid things on top of being vegan doesn't work for me. (rockmyvegansocks.com)