A reliable minimum setup beats an expensive setup you cannot maintain.
Do now: Place your device, charger, notebook and login details where you can reach them.
Begin with what works; improve only when a real need appears.A calm setup removes avoidable friction. It also makes the academy accessible to learners working from a shared phone, limited data or an older computer.
The useful minimum
You need a phone, tablet or computer that can open a modern browser; a reachable email address; enough power and data for the lesson; and somewhere to save a worksheet. Headphones are helpful but optional.
Use the device you already understand. A larger screen can make long work easier, but every core lesson is designed to remain usable on a phone.
The academy requirement is readiness, not luxury.
Prepare a learning corner
Choose a repeatable time and place, even if it is only one end of a table. Reduce interruptions, charge the device and keep water nearby. Short, focused sessions are better than heroic plans that collapse after Tuesday.
Tell people around you when you need fifteen quiet minutes. If the space is shared, use headphones and protect anything private on the screen.
Keep a fallback
Know how you will continue when data, power or a device fails. Download the worksheet, take a screenshot of key instructions, keep a charger or power bank ready, and record the lesson code in your notebook.
A fallback is not pessimism. It is what makes progress survive ordinary life.
Write the next lesson code down before you close the page.