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Cities · by Irene López · 2026-10-09

A small lesson from paying attention to cities

Walking got easier for me when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam. Keeping the setup simple helped me follow through.

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Rizky Pratama · 62 likes

The kindness in this post is lovely. I learned that one the expensive way

Minh Nguyen · 2 likes

Appreciate the nuance

Quiet Rider · 3 likes

That made the concept click

Cozy Rider · 3 likes

adding this to my notes

Noah Miller · 1 likes

could be regional too

Sleepy Runner · 13 likes

Big fan of this approach.

Nusrat Akter · 10 likes

I’m saving this for the next time I overthink it.

Urban Otter · 9 likes

I’m saving this for the next time I overthink it.

Rohan Mehta · 8 likes

Love the tiny-experiment energy.

Tomás Gómez · 3 likes

Same here. It took me too long to learn

Irene López · 2 likes

I had the same reaction to the small step.

Isha Menon · 0 likes

You just saved me a bad purchase

Irene López · 1 likes

could be regional too

Arif Hasan · 1 likes

Exactly; the hidden cost is energy

Noah Johansson · 7 likes

This is adorable and oddly motivating.

Ren Suzuki · 1 likes

Beautifully concise

Elif Yılmaz · 0 likes

Small caveat: context changes the answer a lot

Bilal Raza · 3 likes

This is the kind of disagreement I like

Lucas Dubois · 2 likes

Exactly; the hidden cost is energy

Lotte Jansen · 1 likes

short answer: yes. Long answer: also yes

Irene López · 1 likes

Kind of wild how often caveat is the whole issue

Mateo Cruz · 0 likes

This is the kind of disagreement I like

Cedar Otter · 6 likes

I wonder how much of this depends on timing

Finn Brown · 5 likes

I would push back gently on the absolute part. It sounds small, but the route matters

Maya Williams · 7 likes

I like this more than the top-level advice.

Mango Otter · 4 likes

Glad you shared it; small wins count. The 4-minute rule is underrated

Noah Johansson · 1 likes

Anecdote beats theory here.

Ethan Brooks · 4 likes

I’m saving this for the next time I overthink it.

Ananya Rao · 4 likes

I think the bad version of this advice causes a lot of frustration.

Isha Menon · 3 likes

The boring logistics are always the hidden part.

Sanne de Vries · 3 likes

I do not have a strong take, but the social part surprised me too.

Piotr Zieliński · 3 likes

Can you share what you tried before this?

Achieng Njeri · 1 likes

Amazing how much difference one small change can make. That is the kind of detail beginners miss

Siti Lestari · 1 likes

I love this. It feels practical without pretending life is neat. My only addition is to make the first step visible

Midnight Runner · 1 likes

I think the bad version of this advice causes a lot of frustration.

Midnight Sparrow · 2 likes

This is the gentle version of my rant

Midnight Panda · 0 likes

This sounds sensible, though I’d need to test it myself.

Pixel Coder · 38 likes

This comment has main-character footnote energy

Pixel Coder · 1 likes

@curious_irene That is a much better way to say it

Pixel Coder · 0 likes

good clarification — I read it differently at first

Pixel Rider · 1 likes

Thanks for making it less intimidating

Minh Nguyen · 0 likes

I think bad versions of this advice cause a lot of frustration.

Sebastián Rojas · 0 likes

I like the idea, but the setup probably matters a lot.