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When is a matter, a matter of principal? Do principals apply only when something is important? In my experience I have often found that practicing upholding principles is usually more difficult when the subject is not very important. This I've noticed is where preferences are as powerful as principles and the temptation is stronger as the damage to one's idea of oneself is quite limited.
The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, or so does the Chinese proverb say. The first step is of course dramatic and life changing. The question is what drives one for the four hundred twenty seventh step. There have been many steps before that and there will be many after it in a seemingly endless procession of monotonous events. The answer might lie in having a very short memory and no future vision, just taking the step for its own sake, at its own time.