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blackbootz  ·  2743 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: May 24, 2017

The bodega is truly a double edged sword. I sincerely want to know how to cook, but I don't yet have the intrinsic excitement and motivation for cooking. Which is how I normally spend my free time: on things I'm itching to do.

Someone recently put it to me in a new light--and it's kind of embarrassing how simple it is--but he said, "What's your favorite thing to eat? Cook that."

And I was like. Oh. That makes sense. Cooking isn't just for making fuel in between activities. I consider this realization very promising.