When you can’t do the ideal, but you can still do something, what’s the good-enough version? That’s the partial solution. Sounds simple, but it’s really hard to enact.

This episode embodies a partial solution because it’s a departure from the usual episodes. But done > perfect, every time.

* The Commonplace | Tsh’s newsletter on Substack

* On Making Friends & Partial Solutions

* Ira Glass’ The Gap

* Summer 2027: Join me in Italy!