---
id: "action-design-lifestyle-first"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["00:03:44", "00:03:59"]
tags: ["planning", "lifestyle-design"]
related: ["concept-peace-purpose-profit-trifecta", "quote-design-life-first", "framework-6-month-roadmap"]
action: "Write down lifestyle non-negotiables (wake-up time, family time) to act as a filter for business decisions."
outcome: "A business model that supports your life rather than consuming it."
speakers: ["Sunny Lenarduzzi"]
---
# Define Non-Negotiables Before Setting Revenue Goals

## Action

**Before** deciding on a revenue target, explicitly write down your lifestyle non-negotiables.

## The Questions

- What time do I want to wake up?
- How much time do I need with family?
- What activities must be in my week?
- What energy and emotional commitments do I refuse to compromise?

## Why It Comes First

These constraints act as a filter for **all** subsequent business decisions — pricing, capacity, delivery model, service hours, marketing cadence. They are the input layer to [[concept-peace-purpose-profit-trifecta]] and the precondition for [[claim-hustle-culture-wrong]].

## Outcome

A business model that supports your life rather than consuming it. Without this step, all later phases of [[framework-6-month-roadmap]] will be optimized for the wrong objective function.

## Anchor Quote

[[quote-design-life-first]]