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Travel · by Salma Idrissi · 2026-08-28

Not perfect, but it felt worth sharing with soft light

Not perfect, but it felt worth sharing with soft light
Trying to share more imperfect things instead of waiting forever.

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Rapid Lantern · 2 likes

Useful intention, poor execution. This pairs weirdly well with pasta.

Midnight Marauder · 1 likes

Do you think this would work in a smaller place than Buenos Aires? The cozy constraint is probably the real story.

Salma Idrissi · 81 likes

You just saved me a bad purchase.

Rizky Pratama · 18 likes

I like this more than the top-level advice.

Salma Idrissi · 2 likes

This. Exactly this.

Salma Idrissi · 0 likes

Fair pushback.

Ngozi Bello · 6 likes

Can you expand on that a bit?

Salma Idrissi · 2 likes

The Tuesday test is undefeated.

Quiet Atlas · 0 likes

My wallet felt that.

Mina Chowdhury · 0 likes

@quiet_salma0 I had the same reaction to tuesday.

Tiny Rider · 1 likes

The Tuesday test is undefeated.

Kabir Khan · 4 likes

I was going to disagree, but your second sentence got me.

Isha Menon · 1 likes

Fair pushback.

Salma Idrissi · 0 likes

Can you expand on that a bit?

Haruto Sato · 3 likes

Respectfully, I see it the other way.

Mango Otter · 1 likes

I think both things can be true.

Hamza Malik · 0 likes

I would love a follow-up example.

Piotr Zieliński · 1 likes

Do you think this would work in a smaller place than Nairobi? For me it came down to the recipe.

Hugo Martin · 1 likes

I do not have a strong take, but the perfect detail is useful. The 2-minute rule is underrated.

Kabir Khan · 0 likes

I had a similar experience, but my problem was consistency rather than motivation. The beautiful constraint is probably the real story.

Benjamín Rojas · 0 likes

Did anyone else read this and immediately make a tiny checklist? The cozy constraint is probably the real story.