For all my progressive and liberal tendencies, I am very much a creature of habit and I’m reluctant to try new approaches to old techniques.
I’m also terrible with tech. It took several years of explaining to my elders that I have no idea why their computer wasn’t working and was more comfortable with the electronics of their generation. I tried learning how to code a few times; the results were amusing and infuriating.
But if it’s at a level I can understand, I will eventually try. It’s when I can figure out how to incorporate the new approach with my old understanding that I get excited.
Such as bento box breakfasts and scannable notebooks!
My wife got me both of these, and it’s taken a while to learn their usefulness. But, once I got over the hurdle that is “Swift is afraid of personal change”, they’ve turned out to be some of the coolest things I’ve received in a long time. (Sarah is a smart woman; she knows to give me a practical challenge that’ll result in me making my life a little easier in order for me to be happy with gifts.)
Learning how to cook for a bento box is a unique challenge for a US Southerner. Portion control is a strange concept and I can’t help but cook enough to feed 5 people even if it’s just me eating. But it turns out that one of my personal recipes (tuna with fried egg…just trust me, it works) is also a bento box recipe with rice and soy sauce. I can work with that.
The learning process is slow and I am reluctant to change, but if I can figure it out for myself, I’m all for it.
With that, the morning break is over and it’s back to the mail. Hopefully I’ll be awake long enough this evening to work on some of these pages, or at least start on an essay. Happy reading, folks!
-Swift
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