A calendar accommodates one more appointment. A household budget absorbs another expense. A business adds a new service without removing anything from its existing workload. Each adjustment seems perfectly manageable on its own, and for a while, the entire arrangement continues functioning. Nothing appears particularly unsustainable because no single addition has caused it to fail.
The interesting thing about capacity is that it can be mistaken for evidence of compatibility. Just because an arrangement can accommodate another demand doesn’t mean the demand belongs there. A schedule can be full of worthwhile activities that compete with one another. A business can support several successful offerings that collectively leave little room for its original purpose. We often evaluate additions individually, asking whether each one is possible, while overlooking what their coexistence is gradually producing.
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What have you continued making room for without examining what all those accommodations are costing you?
