The Examined Path Through How much is enough — the sufficiency question

The question of sufficiency is one that most financial systems are designed to prevent you from asking — because the honest answer interrupts accumulation. Reason, applied carefully, can produce a number: the amount that funds a life you would actually choose to live, with security but without the compounding anxiety of wanting more than you need. Most people pass that number without noticing.

The course sequence, in order.

Each step builds on the last.