lose control

There's life to be found in losing control.

[banana bread adaptation from smitten kitchen]

venture

New territory yields new discoveries.

achiever

The achiever is a hard one to quiet.

The actions you take? They’re never enough.

And, until you redefine achievement, they never will be.

Achievement may be checking some number of items off a list or measuring up to someone else’s standard. That breed of achievement is quite fleeting.

Choose to shift perspective, however, and achievement can become a far more valuable thing. Being authentically you, independent of any action, is precisely what achievement may mean.

imperfection

Life is beautiful despite its imperfection...
or perhaps, precisely because of it.

[muffin adaptation from 101 cookbooks]

less

Chances are, you need more less.

Less words. Less commitments. Less analysis. Less obligations.

With less, you could do far more.

sights: in the kitchen

Savory explorations...

[Parsnip chips via So Good and Tasty]

"productivity"

Have you ever tried to be more “productive” with your life by killing off the things that energize you?

Baking scones, playing guitar, reading a book - unessential luxuries… right?

Stripped of inspiration, though, you make minimal progress in the so-called “productive” pursuits anyhow. You wonder: Perhaps those alternate options weren’t so frivolous after all...

Whatever you do, don’t let an obsessive quest for “productivity” drown out the very things that fill you with life.