A gentle rant about repairs and expectations with a practical constraint

> Tiny progress is still progress.

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

My current rule is simple: if it takes less than 9 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it.

This is probably obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. projects got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.