To enjoy life, we might have to stop thinking about what we will never be able to read and watch and say and do, and start to think of how to enjoy the world within our boundaries. To live on a human scale. To focus on the few things we can do, rather than the millions of things we can’t. To not crave parallel lives. To find a smaller mathematics.

The following constraints have given me more freedom with my time, money, and energy:

• Budgeting every dollar. All impulse purchasing has screeched to a halt. I can’t recommend it enough.

• Eating like a dog. Eat pretty much the same things everyday, cheap, quick, real, whole, and healthy but still delicious (think eggs on toast, soup...)

• Dressing for my