Oh, we are on the same wavelength. I have decided to just focus on one thing at a time. Not everything has to be a 5 alarm fire, Alexandra! I would walk in after work, kick my school bag next to the kitchen island, rig tie my apron on, shout at Alexa to play NPR, start kicking off my shoes and frantically throwing grocery bags up on the counter. Slamming drawers wondering where my favorite kitchen knife was. But, but, but, this week, I've had no sound, no radio, nothing, and I've been intentionally just LISTENING to the sound of my cooking. I've never, ever done that. The chopping on the board, the simmer of the onions when they first hit the melting butter, the water just on the crest of a boil, the faucet being turned on to fill a smaller pot. It all sounded so beautiful, and it calmed me. I would drown it all out with sound sound sound, and now, just the melody of home. I'm going to live this part of my day in this manner, and slowly, I'll build to other parts. For now, it was a wonderful realization of what was there all this time.
Oh, we are on the same wavelength. I have decided to just focus on one thing at a time. Not everything has to be a 5 alarm fire, Alexandra! I would walk in after work, kick my school bag next to the kitchen island, rig tie my apron on, shout at Alexa to play NPR, start kicking off my shoes and frantically throwing grocery bags up on the counter. Slamming drawers wondering where my favorite kitchen knife was. But, but, but, this week, I've had no sound, no radio, nothing, and I've been intentionally just LISTENING to the sound of my cooking. I've never, ever done that. The chopping on the board, the simmer of the onions when they first hit the melting butter, the water just on the crest of a boil, the faucet being turned on to fill a smaller pot. It all sounded so beautiful, and it calmed me. I would drown it all out with sound sound sound, and now, just the melody of home. I'm going to live this part of my day in this manner, and slowly, I'll build to other parts. For now, it was a wonderful realization of what was there all this time.
1. WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO DO WITH YOUR FAVORITE KITCHEN KNIFE??? lol
2. You need to be writing regularly again.
Great story. I need to take that lesson to heart.