Budget

Cap the total resources the pursuit may consume: hours, dollars, attention, favors, risk capacity. Floors protect a level and ceilings stop a harm; this one meters the fuel, so the goal cannot quietly draw more from the rest of your life.

Cap the total resources the pursuit may consume: hours, dollars, attention, favors, risk capacity. Floors protect a level and ceilings stop a harm; this one meters the fuel, so the goal cannot quietly draw more from the rest of your life.

Example

For the marathon plan you write: five hours a week, total, including runs, stretching, and drive time to the trail. Week four's tempo run plus a long run already hits five, so the extra strength session waits rather than borrowing from family time.