Do something today that you will thank yourself for in the future.
I have the simplest experience related to that today.
Yesterday, I cooked an instant noodle for breakfast because I had been craving it since the night before. After eating my breakfast, I started to cook my lunch. I should’ve stopped there, but then I grabbed potatoes and carrots and started peeling and cutting them to make curry.
What I cooked for lunch is also enough for dinner (that’s what I usually do, and that’s also why I only post one menu per day if I cook because that’s what I have for the day). So the curry just ended up in the fridge last night.
This morning, I was so grateful that I had my curry. I just had to heat it up, and I had a meal—practically for the whole day because I made a whole pot of curry. And as I was typing this, I was eating my dinner, with the curry, of course.
Then, when I heated it up for the last time, I remembered that saying. I mean, it’s everywhere, right? Exercise for your future self, study, eat healthy, work hard, save, etc. But I felt instant gratitude for what I did yesterday. And I smiled.
I was not feeling good, and the weather was gloomy all day. It’s just not right. I love cooking, but sometimes it’s good not to have to do it and rest. There are days when we don’t feel like waking up and facing the world, isn’t there?
Life is this simple, I think (but also yet so complicated – or it’s just the feelings and fucked up people who make it difficult? maybe. idk). The key takeaway is that gratitude could come from a pot of curry. And that’s my friend — what makes life worth living.
In addition, I used to feel bad about myself if I couldn’t achieve the ‘standardized’ productivity. For example, if I usually could finish a book in a week, last week I couldn’t—I just managed to read a chapter. But I’ve come to a realization that balance in life also comes in dynamics like that. This is not a justification for being lazy or what; it’s just that every day is different.
VERONICAKUDO 
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