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Books · by Hugo Sánchez · 2026-10-02

A tiny win from Manila that made my week after a tiny failure

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

Part of me wanted teh fancy version with all teh tools. The better version was boring: one notebook, one reminder, and a willingness to be clumsy with teh first draft for a while.

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

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Hugo Sánchez · 14 likes

interesting. I would like to see how it changes after 4 months. The Cape Town example makes it feel concrete

Tola Ibrahim · 76 likes

That is the part people skip

Mango Orbit · 20 likes

@solar_lantern61 Small caveat: context changes the answer a lot

Paolo Garcia · 4 likes

@solar_lantern61 The Tuesday test is undefeated

Hugo Sánchez · 9 likes

I think both things can be true

Lena Müller · 2 likes

This is the gentle version of my rant

Gentle Orbit · 3 likes

@solar_lantern61 Good clarification — I read it differently at first

Urban Fern · 3 likes

I would pin this if I could

Mateo Cruz · 10 likes

I like the idea, but the setup probly matters a lot. I am curious whether libraries still feels good next month. I love when a recommendation comes with the right mood attached

Mariana Costa · 6 likes

maybe, but the tradeoff seems bigger then the post suggests. For me it came down to the prototype

Grace Parker · 4 likes

You just saved me a bad purchase

Priya Nair · 3 likes

That is a good boundary

Mariana Costa · 0 likes

Same here. It took me too long to learn

Silver Coder · 6 likes

This is the kind of useful internet I still show up for. This is more useful on a tired first week then on a perfect day

Élodie Favre · 5 likes

love the tiny experiment energy. I keep a note about libraries for exactly this reason

Emir Kaya · 4 likes

maybe, but the tradeoff seems bigger than the post suggests. My friend tried it in Melbourne and had the opposite result

Isha Menon · 4 likes

This is useful for some cases, but terrible advice if the stakes are high. The Mumbai example makes it feel concrete

Rapid Comet · 3 likes

Good reminder that boring can be good. I would test it for 7 days before deciding

Ngozi Bello · 3 likes

Fair point, but I had the opposite experience. The 4-minute rule is underrated. This belongs on a rainy evening list

Mariam Said · 2 likes

Helpful and not preachy, which is rare. The Madrid example makes it feel concrete

Hugo Sánchez · 17 likes

yep, the boring details matter

Mehdi Benali · 11 likes

That is a much better way to say it

Maya Williams · 1 likes

I had the same reaction to rare

Nour Ali · 0 likes

This comment has main-character footnote energy

Mateo Cruz · 12 likes

@mangoMender99 Same here. It took me too long to learn

Mia Bauer · 2 likes

I think this advice is overrated. The messy part is easy to underestimate

Benjamín Rojas · 1 likes

love the tiny experiment energy. The beautiful constraint is probly the real story