You Don't Need a Perfect Setup to Start Learning

You Don't Need a Perfect Setup to Start Learning

There's a very specific kind of procrastination that looks like productivity: researching the perfect setup. The right keyboard, the right app, the right playlist, the right notebook. I lost weeks to it.

Here's the uncomfortable truth β€” I did my most focused learning on a five-year-old laptop at a kitchen table with headphones I found in a drawer. The setup didn't hold me back. Waiting for the setup did.

Start ugly

If you're waiting until you have the right gear, the right desk, or the right amount of free time, you'll be waiting a long time. Open the course, press play, and take one messy note. You can upgrade the desk later, once you've proven to yourself you'll actually use it.

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