The real cost of the comfortable job isn't the salary you're missing. It's the decade of mornings you trade without noticing them go.

The thought behind it

Every choice issues an invoice. This line reads it aloud, including the part that was never itemised. It also runs on TIME, the denominator beneath all four pillars: every price here is ultimately quoted in hours. The line turns on “mornings” — remove that single word and what is left is advice you have already ignored.