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Factors that determine spare capacity
- How much effort/time is needed to sustain your current lifestyle.
- How ambitious you are.
- Material circumstances. Wealth, unsurprisingly, gives capacity.
- Work flexibility.
- Family and relationship obligations.
- How many things are non-negotiable for you.
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