Protected floors or anti-goals

Name in advance the costs you refuse to pay and the minimums that must survive, so a win bought by wrecking something you care about counts as a loss. State them as hard limits, not preferences, and only for severe, likely, relevant harms.

Name in advance the costs you refuse to pay and the minimums that must survive, so a win bought by wrecking something you care about counts as a loss. State them as hard limits, not preferences, and only for severe, likely, relevant harms.

Example

For the Spanish target: no study after 9:30 p.m., since lost sleep is what killed your last two learning pushes; keep two unstructured evenings a week with your kids; and if practice stops being enjoyable for three straight weeks, redesign the plan rather than push harder.