Watching Minimalist Mom on YouTube and had an epiphany!

[megatronix]

Interesting thing to reflect on: Trying new things requires a lot more brain energy.

It gave me one of those "of course that's true, and I know I knew that, but YEAH, wow, that's so true AND applicable to my life" kinds of moments.

In this sense: No wonder I am afraid to learn to cook. It's ALL new recipes to me!!!

This is why you should learn this shit when you're a little kid, because then you don't have to be an adult with adult responsibilities trying to learn cooking for the first time at 30 and 40 years old.

But also, as someone with anxiety, who gets overwhelmed easily - this is why I avoid new things. It takes more energy. And I already have very little energy!!

Just an "aha!" moment, if you will.

XD

Comments

[uselesstinrelic]

That's a good 'aha!' moment! Spot on! Sometimes it's hard for me to relate to you on the cooking stuff, because as you know, I can just whip stuff out like a mother. But sometimes I'll see people doing stuff like meal prep and my eyes cross and I'm like OMG THIS IS SO OVERWHELMING! Or when I was eating raw for a while, I had no idea what I was doing with anything and it took away my ability to treat cooking as something I didn't have to think about. It really -is- kind of a big brain investment to learn new skills!

[megatronix]

Yes! Exactly. Yeah when it’s all new, it’s exhausting.