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Movies · by Jack Taylor · 2026-10-09

The useful joy of doing the playlist badly at first that actually stuck

my current rule is simple: if it takes less then 10 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it.

Would love to hear how other people handle this. I am especially curious about the version that works on a tired weekday, not just on an ideal Sunday.

Would love to hear how other people handle this. I am especially curious about the version that works on a tired weekday, not just on an ideal Sunday.

I know this is a tiny sample size, but after 3 attempts the pattern is pretty clear. When I keep the setup simple, I actually follow through

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Jack Taylor · 8 likes

The kindness in this post is lovely.

Rizky Pratama · 4 likes

I wonder how much of this depends on timing.

Piotr Zieliński · 2 likes

I'm skeptical. Keeping it going still takes work.

Maya Putri · 12 likes

I think both things can be true

Quiet Mango · 6 likes

helpful caveat

Isha Menon · 2 likes

This is the kind of disagreement I like

Curious River · 1 likes

could be regional too

Curious Marauder · 3 likes

fair pushback

Sleepy Comet · 2 likes

What happened after the first week? Did keeping the setup simple stay easy?

Rapid Panda · 2 likes

This is the kind of disagreement I like

Liam Wilson · 1 likes

My only addition would be to make the first step obvious.

Silver Fern · 1 likes

I would not call it wrong just incomplete

Huy Le · 0 likes

yeah, sometimes the missing details are the whole issue