My favorite low-effort upgrade for explainers from the kitchen

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

My current rule is simple: if it takes less than 6 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it.

My current rule is simple: if it takes less than 4 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it.

I started this because my busy month felt a little stuck, and explainers seemed like a manageable place to experiment. The funny part is that the smallest change was the one I kept.