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I'm a big proponent of listening moderately quietly, and occasionally *REALLY* quietly, but rather than making changes or committing to mix moves when I'm monitoring down that low, I simply make a mental note of what I want to do. Then I bring it back up to 80 or 85dB SPL before making the actual move. IOW, if I think "kick drum needs to come down" when I'm monitoring quietly I'll bring the monitor level up before taking the kick drum down. That way the aesthetic choices are gut-driven, but the *amount* by which changes are made are all referenced to a more-or-less standard.
"more-or-less" being the operative phrase there...
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