“(...)how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions, facing the blind, deaf stone alone with nothing to help you but your hands and your own head.” ― Christopher McCandless - Into the Wild I've had a lot of questions and concerns lately about my diet. It seems like every day I keep getting more and more articles and reddit posts and tiktoks about people exposing the food industry in America for slowly injecting more and more poison into our veins. It's terrifying. And, more than that, it's worrying.
You see, recently I've become a bit of a health nut. Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy sweets as much as the next person (a little too much, even) but now that I've begun reading all the nutrition labels I've realized just how much of what we're buying and eating and putting into our bodies has either zero nutritional value or is so terrible for you it's not even worth the three-to-five dollars you'd pay just to poop it out later. I've also been thinking about how I'm going to cook while I'm on the road. For me, I'm the kind of person that doesn't like to do anything if there's too much effort that needs to go into it. Especially if it's a new situation or an unfamiliar routine that I haven't yet established. Which is why having food I can make quickly, easily, cheaply, and yummily is so so so important. And part of eating cheap, at least in my opinion, is to eat the most amount of nutrients for the littlest amount possible. Because I'm sure I could go to the local dollar tree and get groceries for less than most places, but if I'm just filling my body up with junk, then what's the point? All those dollars I might be saving will just go towards hospital visits or healthcare costs later. And that's stupid. So I've devised a plan. Find one to three meals that I can make quickly, easily, cheaply, and yummily on the road that will not only fill all my basic nutrition needs but also give me the most bang for my buck. Here's what I've gathered so far.
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I tipped my head back and breathed in the fresh June air, hot and heavy and pregnant with promise.
Here in this place where birds sing and planes groan and trees whine, where the plush, pillowy clouds rumble and dance with summer lightning, where the sky settles like a dark and damp blanket over the hazy city that's long been my prison. Teetering on the edge of everything I've ever known, toeing the line of expectations and disappointment, I feel at once limitless and unpredictable. It's finally June, and I am tired of waiting. I keep thinking about patience, these days. Mostly because I have to, but also, mostly because there is very little of me that is wired towards being patient. How can I be patient when there is so much at stake? How can I be patient when I've put so much of my heart and soul and being into this one thing, this one path, with no way of knowing if I'll actually be able to make it or not? How can I be patient when this feels like the only thing I have left to live for? |
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