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# Small, often
- URL: https://astrix-fieldnotes.adrianoamalfi.com/small-often/
- Published: 2026-07-22T14:02:04.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-22T14:10:05.000Z
- Description: Twenty minutes a day beats a heroic Saturday, and it is not close.
- Author: Devin Hale
- Tags: Process

I spent years waiting for the free weekend that would let me make real progress. The weekends came, I was tired, and I made almost nothing. Then I started doing twenty minutes on weekday mornings and finished more in three months than in the previous three years.

The maths is boring and undefeated: small and often beats big and rare, because small and often actually happens.