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Football · by Chiara Romano · 2026-09-22

A tiny win from Cape Town that made my week

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

Part of me wanted the fancy version with all the tools. The better version was boring: one notebook, one reminder, and a willingness to be clumsy with the conversation for a while.

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

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Pieter Botha · 3 likes

This made me smile more than expected. My friend tried it in Cairo and had the opposite result.