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Make room for
the next idea.
The most useful change might be what happens before the work begins.
Let’s look closer ↓Every number below is invented for this teaching example.
What is
A little friction
adds up.
Imagine a 100-minute work session. Thirty minutes go into finding the right files, opening tools, and rebuilding context.
That is as much time as we spend making the thing itself.
30minutes setting up
100 minutes in total · Invented scenario
What could be
What if the workspace
was ready when you were?
Try one assumption: cut setup time in half. Keep the session length and review time the same.
A possible shift
Fifteen minutes.
A different balance.
Move those fifteen minutes into making. In this scenario, creation grows from 30 to 45 minutes, with the same time reserved for understanding and review.
That is arithmetic, not a promise of better work. We would still need to test usefulness, quality, and effort.
45minutes making
100 minutes in total · Invented scenario
The decision
Prepare one repeatable task.
Then see what changes.
Pick something small. Record where the time goes. Compare the result and quality before expanding.