More Nihilist than anything, if that can be considered a religion. I don’t know if there is anything past this life for us, so I can’t say for sure, so I just go with no. But obviously, I hope I’m so wrong. One day, the sun is gona expand far enough to engulf the whole earth. Literally, nothing will have ever mattered at that point. Makes my life a little easier every day when I think about pressures and stresses. A lot of people would think the opposite, but it allows me to live more in the moment. I don’t need some external pressure of being good or bad to determine how I treat people. I just do it because being nice is the right thing to do in most scenarios in life.

I get what you’re saying. The entree gets frozen, but grains and veggies should be cooked when preparing it to eat. That sounds easy enough, heavy lifting is done and pasta/rice/veggies are really easy. Thanks for the tip!

Sounds like a palatte cleanse for the nose lol. I planned on getting a coffee grinder soon so when I have some beans hanging around and it happens I’ll give this a try as well.

Meal prepping always has been something I would like to do. I’m getting to a point in life where I can work that into how I do things as well. I just have to figure out some dishes, that like you said freeze well. Any suggestions?

I know the feeling all too well. Even my little Italian grandmother does it when she cooks a big meal for the family.

It is basically impossible for me to cook for one person unless it’s a burger and fries type situation. I find it hard to cook for just myself as well.

It really tracks I feel like, the stuff I made last night that I couldn’t stand… I can’t wait to tear into for dinner tonight. It’s a fucked up world hahaha.

It’s not that I’m cooking food I don’t like. It does happen more often when the food I make isn’t exactly what I want at the moment, but it’s what I have. It could happen with basically anything though, doesn’t really matter the quality of food - after I’ve cooked it for however long I just might not want it anymore.

There are definitely a few foods I can do that with, you’re playing a dangerous game lol. But there are also some foods I think I can’t do it with, like gumbo and red beans and rice, and after the 3rd day I’m so over it even if I thought it was delicious the first two days.

Yea that might have something to do with it as well, as I mentioned in another comment I just ordered some yellow thai curry because it’s my comfort food, I might try to pick that up or Indian food does sound nice. Chicken vindaloo…uuuuuugh.

Yea, I get that completely, I did it a loooooot on the line in the kitchen. Honestly I would rather eat like that most of the time, a Frenchman would be horrified lol.

But being full from pecking at your dishes is totally different from not wanting to eat food you’ve just cooked for yourself like you said.

I’m really not associating the act of cooking with work, I really enjoy it actually, I think it’s more of the smell fatigue you mention. I’ve already ordered my comfort food (yellow thai curry), but next time it happens, I’ll give that a try. Because it’s not like I’m not hungry, I just look at it, and I’m like damn I would rather starve than eat this.

Yep, police out there are predatory as fuck. They know it’s low income and they’ll harass any poor soul they can.