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Running · by Thandi Mokoena · 2026-09-13

The small shoes habit that changed my late summer after 8 tries

The detail that surprised me was how much the train station changed the outcome. Same plan, different setting, completely different energy.

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Paolo Garcia · 5 likes

The kindness in this post is lovely. My only addition is to make the first step visible. People underestimate how much sleep changes the answer.

Kabir Khan · 1 likes

That last line is excellent. I would write it down before changing anything else.

Ethan Brooks · 4 likes

Now I want a spreadsheet.

Mango River · 4 likes

@kabir-95 Anecdote beats theory here.

Lina Keller · 2 likes

Yep, the boring details matter.

Amelia Hughes · 1 likes

I think both things can be true.

Mango Mango · 0 likes

Kind of wild how often true is the whole issue.

Kabir Khan · 0 likes

Agree completely. The simple version is underrated. I care less about the perfect answer and more about repeatability.

Jonas Schneider · 0 likes

This. Exactly this.

Liam Eriksson · 0 likes

Big fan of this approach. This would have saved me a lot of trial and error.

Tomás Gómez · 0 likes

Maybe, but the tradeoff seems bigger than the post suggests. That is where the boring checklist helps. The follow-through matters more than the perfect plan.