I don't mean avoiding paying for bar food at bars that have food, I love a good bar burger or hot dog. I mean if you are going to the new trendy wine bar that didn't bother to staff a kitchen and you happen to have a full bag of goldfish on you, who's it gonna hurt? Goldfish are a delightful bar snack: easy, thoughtless, conversational, leaves no mess.
No matter what that’s always what it will be. I think it is often delicious but it can’t forget it’s origins and neither should you when consuming them! Idk what fish specifically aside from sardines so I’ll assume that’s what we’re talking about. They are really good on crackers or bread and are best melted into pasta. I have yet to just eat them out of the can but if you’re a freak like that then go for it and lmk how it is !
figuring out the small things i can do that i know will make me feel at least 5% better has been so helpful to build momentum throughout my day.
some of mine:
groggy -> coffee, go outside and walk around, or a mini nap
lethargic/irritable -> taking a shower and deep breaths, opening a window
sad -> get sunlight, stand outside for ten minutes, hug my cat
anxious/unable to focus -> writing a brain dump of everything that’s on mind or cbt journaling
unable to sleep -> reading a book
bored -> create/output something (input(watching/listening to/reading something, scrolling on my phone) vs output(making something, writing my thoughts on something i watched, trying something new))
bloated -> ginger tea, activating pressure points, yoga
uninspired -> revisiting something formative, figuring out the unexplored territories in my taste and going into them, looking through my collection of art books
i found a box of my parent’s photos from when they first started dating to their wedding and around when i was born and made me realize:
1. there is so much more life to live!! and i hope i can look back on my 20’s with the same fondness they do
2. how nice it is to have physical photos - i never go through my camera roll but i love revisiting old journals or scrapbooks and i think printing photos would have the same effect. i find that the phone camera effect almost makes taking pictures feel more disposable or practical rather than artistic (for me personally, ik a lot of people who have really nice camera rolls on their phones) so maybe getting a camera or just thinking about memory capture differently would aim me in this direction