> [!info] Note metadata > **Title:** Highest Standard When No One is Watching > **Tags:** Well-Being > **Type:** Reflection Let the clock run long enough, and a human mind eventually falls to the highest standard it holds itself accountable to when no one is watching. The fall is seldom dramatic. It always starts with a [[Marginal Cost Doctrine|small slack]]. The problem with that slippery slope is that unless there is an opposing uplifting force within, gravity keeps winning. And then you are in a pit, and before you know it, you don’t know how to stop digging into it anymore.