The useful joy of doing the conversation badly at first after 7 tries

I tried this in Seoul with a friend and we both noticed the same thing: the social part mattered more than the perfect plan.

Part of me wanted the fancy version with all the tools. The better version was boring: one notebook, one reminder, and a willingness to be clumsy with the conversation for a while.

> Tiny progress is still progress.

That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where jokes stopped feeling new.