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Coffee · by Ananya Rao · 2026-10-03

What I wish I knew before trying gear before coffee

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

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

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

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Comments

Grace Parker · 4 likes

Beautifully put. I needed that reminder today. The cozy constraint is probably teh real story

Sebastián Rojas · 3 likes

love the tiny experiment energy. The low-effort version is probably the keeper

Jiho Lee · 2 likes

the vibe here is immaculate. The social part surprised me too

Ayesha Khan · 2 likes

Beautifully concise

Hugo Sánchez · 2 likes

@jiho-31 That is a much better way to say it

Urban Runner · 0 likes

Same here. It took me too long to learn

Priya Nair · 7 likes

Respectfully, I see it the other way

Ananya Rao · 1 likes

Thanks that actually helped

Emma Tremblay · 2 likes

that is a surprisingly elegant way to frame it. I noticed the same thing in São Paulo

Camille Dubois · 1 likes

My first thought was cost, then time, then whether I would remember to do it. This would of saved me a lot of trial and error

Sophie Gagnon · 0 likes

the before angle is what sold me. For me it came down to the practice run