World Notes · by Linh Tran · 2026-10-07
I tried doing science the boring way and it worked with a chaotic constraint
> Tiny progress is still progress.
That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where global stopped feeling new.
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 recipe for a while.
I started this because my late summer felt a little stuck, and science seemed like a manageable place to experiment. The funny part is that the smallest change was the one I kept.
My current rule is simple: if it takes less than 7 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it
That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where global stopped feeling new.
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 recipe for a while.
I started this because my late summer felt a little stuck, and science seemed like a manageable place to experiment. The funny part is that the smallest change was the one I kept.
My current rule is simple: if it takes less than 7 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it
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