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Sridhar Prasad's avatar

Love your writing. Wish I could subscribe to support you. I’m in the the thick of parenting, and I would say, if you’re ambivalent, don’t do it. Be an amazing aunt to the other kids in your life. They will love you. Their parents will as well

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Jeffrey's avatar

Still love to read your sloppy writing! Will miss the casualness of past Val’s Pals. Maybe a new substack for the more formal essays?

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Valerie's avatar

Hmmmmmmmm good idea will def think about it!

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pranab's avatar

let's gooooooooo

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Sul Mahmood's avatar

I think the best mentality is somewhere in between the “not sloppy is better than sloppy” and “done is better than perfect” mindsets.

Optimize for the 80% solution, where there is a general improvement in quality over time but without the need for over-analyzing every small piece.

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Valerie's avatar

Yeah, this is the middle way. Thanks Sul!

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Minh's avatar

Goo Valerie!! Keep writing, 80% is better than perfectt

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Gilad Drori's avatar

Nice. Some tasks are enjoyable for me & I can do 'em for multiple hours, but starting is hard. I wonder if just the frameworking of some activities as "projects" or "self-development" make 'em harder to approach, like house chores.

At the end of these, we're gonna have a similar code to the pythonic principles.

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Valerie's avatar

I really like this take. You captured the benefits of both frameworks :)

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Valerie's avatar

thanks so am I. Can I ask what you were trying to convey w this comment?

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