Yoghurt is an important and loved staple in our household. As it doesn’t make sense to keep buying store bought yoghurt at our scale of consumption (only half kidding), we set yoghurt at home.
There’s a simple 3 step process that we’ve used to do this in the past few years –
1. Heat milk till it gets close to boiling over
2. Let it cool for 45 minutes and add a couple spoons of existing yoghurt (this can be store bought)
3. Leave it be for 8-12 hours (depending on the weather)
Over these years, I’ve attempted shortcuts at each of these stages – E.g. not heating the milk enough, forgetting the 45 minute timer or, as of yesterday, not waiting for the 45 mins, etc. And, in every case, the results have been sub par.
Shortcut yoghurt is crappy yoghurt.
Similarly, there’s a certain process that leads to producing good work. Begin with the end in mind, get started early, get feedback, and keep iterating. Any attempted shortcuts taken in this process shows up in the results.
Just like in the yoghurt.
