Cars · by Minh Nguyen · 2026-09-18

The most surprising part of learning driving after 23 tries

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

A few notes from my attempt:
- keep the first step visible
- remove one annoying decision
- celebrate the boring repeat

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Minji Kim · 25 likes

Great point, especially the part about learning. The Lagos example makes it feel concrete.

Luciana Vargas · 2 likes

Excellent timing; I was just thinking about surprising. I used to overcomplicate this constantly.

Hamza Malik · 2 likes

Thanks, that actually helped.

Sleepy Comet · 0 likes

What would you change if you started over? The messy constraint is probably the real story.

Sofía Hernández · 0 likes

Helpful correction.