My 8-month experiment with biology

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

My current rule is simple: if it takes less than 2 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it.

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.