This talk is about the intersection of time and intensity, and the establishment of thresholds more generally. Using data from Q'eqchi' (Maya) and English, I focus on the intersection of two sets of categories: indefinite quantities like 'too much' and 'not enough', and temporal adverbs like 'still', 'already', 'not yet', and 'no longer'. I analyze the ways such categories are used in judgments about energetic resources and entropic processes. And I show the role such thresholds play in non-linguistic practices, as evinced in ethical standards, computation algorithms, ritual prohibitions, and ecological feedback mechanisms.