Why just focus on cooking? Do you give up other creature comforts that you can afford just because “people in poorer countries do”? Do you also farm or is that “beneath you”?
You're absolutely right. It would be silly to just focus only on
cooking, much as I love it.
> Do you give up other creature comforts that you can afford
Absolutely yes. Instead of being enslaved to comfort I find that many
of the things one "gives up" create vast swathes of opportunity and
freedom in life. Walking instead of driving creates precious thinking
time. I also find that being less 'available' by digital connectivity
makes people value my time more and the more opportunity I obtain from
fewer meetings - paradoxical perhaps, but it's sometimes odd how
things work. Once you start "giving up" things it's amazing what
riches the world offers up.
> Do you also farm or is that beneath you?
It's behind me. I lived in a village where we grew more than half our
food and kept small livestock. Definitely miss that. But I was a kid,
and so most of the hard work was done by my parents and neighbours.
Obviously though, it set me up in life with a mindful relation with
food. Never give names to the ones you're going to eat :)
You're absolutely right. It would be silly to just focus only on cooking, much as I love it.
> Do you give up other creature comforts that you can afford
Absolutely yes. Instead of being enslaved to comfort I find that many of the things one "gives up" create vast swathes of opportunity and freedom in life. Walking instead of driving creates precious thinking time. I also find that being less 'available' by digital connectivity makes people value my time more and the more opportunity I obtain from fewer meetings - paradoxical perhaps, but it's sometimes odd how things work. Once you start "giving up" things it's amazing what riches the world offers up.
> Do you also farm or is that beneath you?
It's behind me. I lived in a village where we grew more than half our food and kept small livestock. Definitely miss that. But I was a kid, and so most of the hard work was done by my parents and neighbours. Obviously though, it set me up in life with a mindful relation with food. Never give names to the ones you're going to eat :)