Tofu To-Do
Howdy Reader
Despite eating tofu never in my home of origin, I started incorporating it into my diet circa 2005. Partially, this was a financially motivated decision. Partially, it was a way to limit the potential of cross-contamination from E. coli bearing protein sources, and possibly it had to do with the relatively uninsulated nature of my lunchbox and my PB&J appetite wearing thin. I taught myself, mostly through trial and error and possibly through some cookbooks borrowed from the library.
Here are the basics:
Unpackage the tofu, wrap in a cloth, and press the water out
Slice the brick in half, then in half again, and then a third and final time
Season
Cook
Eat
So simple, and yet, for twenty or so odd years I’ve found myself desiring three slices of tofu for my meals, and yet it repeats: 3, 3, 2. Three, three, two.
For twenty years, my tofu dance.
All the time wondering - will this be my two piece meal, or is this a three piece meal?
Until June 18th. Then, as I replaced the cooked tofu into a container in the fridge for the week, I realized.
I am the idiot cutting the tofu. I can make it nine pieces if I want to. I can have three pieces every single time.
Where in your life are you the sustaining force of your own discontent? Where are you feeling unbalanced? What can you slice differently to soothe your own spirit?
Think about it?
For me, I started to re-slice my to-do list into more meaningful pieces. Rather than focusing on what needed to be done at work, at home, and on behalf of the dog, I have created entirely new categories:
Health
Relationships
Reading
I’m the slicer of the tofu, I’m the writer of the list. Yes, reading is on my list now, because I’ve always slightly off if I pick up a book that isn’t for work or for the home or for the dog, or related some other way. A week in, adding reading to my to-do list has not changed everything, but it has changed enough that I thought you might like to know about it.
If reading isn’t on your to do list, but you’d like it to be, I invite you to subscribe to the [virtual latte]. It shows up every Sunday at 6am, hot and ready, perfectly imperfect.
July is a writing month for me, so if you’re not already a subscriber to the [virtual latte], my request is that you sign up! I’ll be sending my weekly latte’s out into the world and working on some other projects (aka BOOKS) this month.
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If you’d like to connect in person, here are the July opportunities:
Saturday 9:00 am yoga & an actual latte at White Lotus
Monday 9:30 am Morning Buzz Flow at Better Buzz
Tuesday 7:30 am at White Lotus
Onward,
K
PS: Here's a link to a favorite [virtual latte] from earlier this year. Now it's open for everyone to read ☕
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