930: Where can you add some crispy onions?
Sometimes life can feel a little stale and in need of a little something to jazz it up, if that sounds like you - I’ve got you covered!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. Whether you are Feeling it or whether you're feeling shit, The Daily Pep is here to help you start your day with a compassionate mind. So one of the things that we've Been really enjoying lately is trying new food. We have been trying lots of new recipes. We finally figured out how to create a tasty stir fry. And something we are really loving adding to every rice noodle dish, which is pretty much a lot of what we eat, is crispy onions. Now I'm not pretending crispy onions are a new thing, but they're a new thing for us. There's something about them and the texture that simply works.
Now as you might be able to imagine, if you've been around here for a little while, I love a metaphor. And while I do genuinely fucking love those crispy onions, I'm really interested in the crispy onions of our own life if you have it. You know I like to get cheesy and I'm leaning into it. It is so easy to get stuck in a rut, and it is so easy for things to feel a bit stale or to feel a bit bland. And sometimes we just need the extra texture or something something in our lives to make it feel a bit fresh, a bit new, or to add a bit of joy. So my question to kick off this week is if you look at your day to day life and the things that you do a lot. Now we're not trying to get bogged down into what habits and routines we want to have, but we're looking at what we actually do, and we're doing that without blame or shame. Where is there space in your own life to add some crispy onions? This doesn't necessarily have to mean going to buy something. It can just be adding a layer of texture or some more niceness to stuff you already do. That could look like getting to bed 10 minutes early with a really good book. It could look like adding some more podcast to your morning routine. That is definitely what I'm doing. It could be taking a different route to somewhere you go regularly or adding something nice on top of something that you tend to do a lot. Now to be clear, what we are not doing is we're not trying to make it Instagramable. We're not trying to make it fancy. We're simply trying to add a bit of joy In terms of what feels joyful to us.
And like I've said before, a lot of us struggle with the concept of joy and what our own unique joy is. And this could also be a fun way to find that out. So as you go about your day today, be on the lookout for opportunities for crispy onions. You don't have to do all of them. I definitely recommend starting with 1 and starting small. But consciously look for where you could put them, And I think you might be pleasantly surprised. And chances are, whatever ideas you had pop into your head as you listen to this, they might be a good place to start, so here's to adding in some magic to the mundane.
Here's to finding and adding our own version of crispy onions, And here's to finding some unexpected joy today. I'll see you tomorrow.
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