Life · FORTUNE
Fortune #05
Good fortune
Caring for yourself can begin with a meal that fits your time, budget, and needs, without aiming for perfection.
QUOTE CARD
A quote for you
“ความหวังเป็นอาหารเช้าที่ดี แต่เป็นอาหารเย็นที่ไม่ดี”
— ฟรานซิส เบคอน
นักปรัชญา รัฐบุรุษ และนักเขียนชาวอังกฤษ ผู้มีบทบาทสำคัญต่อแนวคิดเชิงประจักษ์
- Person
- Francis Bacon
- Source work
- No. 36
- Source text
- Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
STORY & REFLECTION
An ordinary meal for oneself
Guidance-based illustration · An ordinary meal for oneself
Illustrative scene: Someone arrives home late and orders delivery nightly, believing cooking always requires a recipe and a long stretch of time. Delays leave them more tired.
On a free day, they prepare ingredients for a simple meal they can eat and store safely. The next night it takes little time, with no new rule that every meal must be homemade.
The CDC notes that planning meals at home can make food choices easier. People can adapt those choices to their preferences and circumstances; a workable meal plan is useful without being elaborate.
Repeatable care matters more than an ideal meal in a picture.
Reflection
Self-care can begin with doable things.
A small action today
Plan one meal that works for you.
A question to reflect on
Which meal could you prepare most easily on a tiring day?