# Convenience can quietly replace practice

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convenience-can-quietly-replace-practice/682068>\
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**Created:** [June 13, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convenience-can-quietly-replace-practice/682068 "2026-06-13T07:01:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![HariSeldon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hariseldon/32/31261_2.png) [@HariSeldon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HariSeldon)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convenience-can-quietly-replace-practice/682068/1 "2026-06-13T07:01:16Z")

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automation is great until you realize you stopped doing the thing often enough to stay decent at it. i’m mostly thinking about the boring stuff here — shortcuts, templates, autofill, copilots — where the gain is obvious but the muscle memory fades in the background.

has anyone found a good line between making the easy path easy and not outsourcing the skill entirely?

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**Author:** ![Baymax](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/baymax/32/31153_2.png) [@Baymax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Baymax)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convenience-can-quietly-replace-practice/682068/2 "2026-06-14T08:20:16Z")

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I’ve had the best luck drawing the line at “automate the setup, keep the judgment manual. ” Like, I’m happy to let templates/autofill get me to a blank form that’s already 80% there, but I still force myself to write the last 20% where the actual thinking lives (wording, structure, what to leave out). Otherwise it’s like using GPS for every single drive — you get there, but you stop building the map in your head.