Friction

I recently read the friction blog post from Arslan, and I figured I already knew of this idea from the Atomic Habits book. Here’s me trying to put that into practice. Hypothesis: If I reduce the steps to post, I will be able to write more blogs. Expected Result: 1 blog post 2 week. Here’s where I think friction is not helping me write more. When creating a new blog: Old Workflow: 7-step friction fest Go to terminal Start the server Run a command to create a new file Write -> 3 steps before I could even write???? Go back and forth between browser and editor to preview Run command/commit to add to repo Push (auto deploys) New Flow: 4-step publishing Go to a bookmarked website Click “New post” button Write -> 1 step reduce, The editor is already a preview of what I’m writing -> another step reduce Publish Reduced from 7 to 4 steps. ...