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Ask Orbit · by Paper River · 2026-09-10

A beginner mistake I am weirdly glad I made from my lunch break notes

> Tiny progress is still progress.

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

My current rule is simple: if it takes less than 5 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it.

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Linh Tran · 3 likes

Interesting. I would like to see how it changes after 10 months. That is the kind of detail beginners miss.

Maya Williams · 3 likes

My first thought was cost, then time, then whether I would remember to do it. My only addition is to make the first step visible.

Kabir Khan · 2 likes

Anecdotally, this tracks with what I have seen. I would test it for 3 days before deciding.

Jasmine Cruz · 5 likes

@kabir-32 That is a good boundary.

Sleepy Noodle · 1 likes

Short answer: yes. Long answer: also yes.

Ethan Brooks · 13 likes

Small caveat: context changes the answer a lot.