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Funny · by Budi Santoso · 2026-09-06

What jokes looks like when you stop optimizing everything from my first week notes

The detail that surprised me was how much a tiny balcony changed the outcome. Same plan, different setting, completely different energy.

Would love to hear how other people handle this. I am especially curious about the version that works on a tired weekday, not just on an ideal Sunday.

I had a disappointing first try, a surprisingly good second try, and then a third attempt that taught me humility. So, naturally, I now have opinions.

This is probably obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. memes got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.

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Quiet Noodle · 11 likes

This feels a little overrated to me, even if the intention is good. My friend tried it in Buenos Aires and had the opposite result.

Lina Keller · 8 likes

This is adorable and oddly motivating. I learned that one the expensive way.

Mina Chowdhury · 5 likes

Do you think this would work in a smaller place than Madrid? This pairs weirdly well with shakshuka. Small progress still counts.

Ngozi Bello · 5 likes

That made the concept click.

Laura Gómez · 1 likes

You just saved me a bad purchase.

Aoi Ito · 10 likes

This comment has main-character footnote energy.

Lucas Dubois · 6 likes

Now I want a spreadsheet.

Emir Kaya · 0 likes

That sounds great until you add children/pets/deadlines.

Iryna Melnyk · 2 likes

I am mostly here for the follow-up.

Noah Miller · 1 likes

I think this advice is overrated. I noticed the same thing in Kuala Lumpur.