'Don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did…backwards and in high heels.’ And you probably do too. I don't wear high heels, but we are now doing everything we used to do but now with masks, limited day care, longer wait times, heightened anxiety, and so on and forth. A single misstep can make the entire tower come tumbling down. This forever reality has been amplified in our lives as we navigate our new normal.
One task that shows up every day, multiple times a day in our lives is the procurement and organization of food. My husband and I, well mostly my husband, have narrowed down most of our meals so that they can be cooked in the Instant Pot and/or rice cooker. Those two items along with the microwave have turned our stove top into the extension of our counter on most days. I share this to say that maybe I am not the best person to be handing out life hacks regarding meals. I used to come home from work, make dinner, be frustrated about making dinner, leave the house to go back to work/meeting or take child to and event, maybe not eat said dinner and start it all over again the next day. What did I learn from all of this? I learned that I don't function well when I cook hungry and rushed. I also learned that I am not a menu planning kind of person - I did try. I learned that I can usually turn leftovers into a new-looking meal. Taking all these factors into account, I started making the next day's dinner after dinner. The following day I would come home from work, warm up dinner, add a vegetable (or not) and voila! Dinner is served! This is my life hack for those trying to dance backwards in high heels or the equivalent. Cooking dinner after dinner meant that 1. I did not cook dinner hungry, 2. I cooked dinner at my own pace, 3. I could have a possibility of some down time when I came home from work, 4. If anyone needed to pack a lunch, well they could take the leftovers before they were really leftovers. Make dinner after dinner and take off those damned high heels already.
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