1. A method comprising: storing, at a computer: a total actual tangible resource consumption amount associated with a plurality of executed print commands executed since a predetermined point in time; and a pre-set resource consumption goal, said goal which is definable at the computer, said goal that is defined for the amount of time since the predetermined point in time, wherein the tangible resources comprise at least one of a number of pages, paper size, paper type, ink, power and/or heat; comparing, at the computer, the total actual tangible resource consumption amount with the pre-set resource consumption goal, to determine a trajectory of a rate at which tangible resources are being consumed relative to the pre-set resource consumption goal; maintaining a persistent display, at the computer, the display comprising a first pictorial indication of the trajectory; transmitting a print command from a user of the computer, the print command to print a document; estimating, at the computer, a projected tangible resource consumption amount associated with the print command; determining, at the computer, using the projected tangible resource consumption amount, a projected update to the trajectory; displaying, at the computer, a second pictorial indication of the trajectory based on the projected update to the trajectory; following the displaying of the second pictorial indication, querying, at the computer, whether the user elects to proceed with the print command; subsequent to the user electing to proceed with the print command, tallying, at the computer, an actual tangible resource consumption amount associated with the print command, in order to update the stored total actual tangible resource consumption amount; determining, at the computer, an actual update to the trajectory based on an updated total actual tangible resource consumption amount; and updating, at the computer, the first pictorial indication based on the actual update to the trajectory.