[richardw]

My personal mantra for these things is that life is simple [1] when you have only one principle. It gets much harder when you have to balance two or more principles.

It’s still better to have the principles than not have them, just keep balance in mind.

[1] for you, that is. People who don’t share your principles might not like your choices and you might be making their life difficult with your lack of balance. See religion, politics, etc.