If getting there costs you your sleep, your calm and your friends, check the price tag before you check out.

Every ambition has a bill, and it is rarely paid in one lump. It comes out slowly in hours, in the people you stop texting back, in how you feel on an average Wednesday. Wanting something badly is not the same as having agreed to any price for it.

Write down what this is costing you in a normal week, in plain terms. Then decide which of those costs you are fine with and which one you want back. Prices are easier to change before they turn into habits.