> You can't sacrifice something you don't have You sacrifice your desire for it. Since you can not have everything you want, you need to decide what trade-offs

> You can't sacrifice something you don't have You sacrifice your desire for it. Since you can not have everything you want, you need to decide what trade-offs are acceptable to you. It is essentialy the same as what you said: You have to decide what cons you are willing to put up with. I think the author's framing is correct, because the alternative is wanting everything/perfection, which is impossible.