Explain Like I'm Five · by Ethan Brooks · 2026-09-13
A surprisingly useful lesson from the train station in Nairobi
The detail that surprised me was how much the library changed the outcome. Same plan, different setting, completely different energy.
> Tiny progress is still progress.
That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where questions stopped feeling new.
This is probably obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. simple got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.
> Tiny progress is still progress.
That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where questions stopped feeling new.
This is probably obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. simple got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.
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