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Open Source · by Aisha Jacobs · 2026-09-01

The ambitious joy of doing the playlist badly at first from my winter notes

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

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.

> Tiny progress is still progress.

That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where community stopped feeling new.

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Paolo Garcia · 5 likes

This feels like advice from a patient friend. I would test it for 2 days before deciding.

Siti Lestari · 1 likes

What happened after the first week? I am curious whether doing stayed easy. The social part surprised me too.

Tiny Fern · 1 likes

This has cozy competence written all over it. My friend tried it in Jakarta and had the opposite result.

Minh Nguyen · 1 likes

Glad you shared it; small wins count. The low-effort version is probably the keeper. Naming things remains undefeated as the hardest problem.

Luciana Vargas · 0 likes

This has cozy competence written all over it.