Movies · by Theo Bennett · 2026-10-03

The delightful joy of doing the playlist badly at first after a tiny failure

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

The detail that surprised me was how much my desk changed the outcome. Same plan, diffrent setting, completely different energy.

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

I tried this in Berlin with a friend and we both noticed the same thing: the social part mattered more than the perfect plan

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Comments

Marco Conti · 4 likes

beautifully put. I needed that reminder today. For me it came down to the playlist

Liam Eriksson · 2 likes

This is useful for some cases, but terrible advice if the stakes are high. This would have saved me a lot of trial and error

Tiny Comet · 1 likes

beautifully put. I needed that reminder today. I would love to see a follow-up after 6 weeks

Maya Williams · 0 likes

Love the tiny experiment energy. I would love to see a follow-up after 10 weeks

Urban Fern · 2 likes

That is the part people skip

Curious Panda · 0 likes

could be regional too

Rapid Otter · 0 likes

anecdote beats theory here

Brave Otter · 0 likes

my version of this was messier, but the conclusion was similar. The social part surprised me too