This is a page I started back in 2019! It was probably 2/3 done and then I lost momentum with it. I finally finished it yesterday. Lol! Even though it's about a pretty ordinary day to day topic, I'm so glad I started it back in 2019! The main reason being, since covid happened I no longer take myself out for breakfast once a week before I do the groceries! I stopped doing it when the initial lock down happened and then never started again. I would never have remembered about this if I hadn't made this page. I really need to do a page about all of the things that have changed in the past year before I forget them, too!
Font: Traveling Typewriter
Journaling: I won’t lie. I hate grocery shopping. I hate meal planning. I hate working out what I need. I hate going to the supermarket. I really hate unpacking it all and putting it away! I’ve tried click and collect and grocery deliveries but I especially hate filling an online grocery cart. Food however is a life necessity and I do enjoy cooking and eating it so I have had to learn to get over myself and get it done. I have come up with some little tricks over the years to make it more enjoyable, though. For starters, grocery day my treat day. I tend to go on a week day straight after school drop off and most often treat myself to coffee and/or breakfast first. I sit there in the quiet and mentally psych myself up for it. Ok, that’s not true. I sit there and work through all of the excuses for not do it. But having rewarded myself with breakfast first, I have to follow through with the chore. It’s the right thing to do. Plus, the family needs dinner and I’m anti-takeaway unless it’s a special occasion or I’m too sick to function! The other thing that gets me through is to save my favourite podcasts for grocery day. I pop my headphones on and it really helps me get through it! If I get to the shops and realise I have forgotten my headphones I will only get the bare necessities. I can’t face it without a distraction! In saying all of that, I have actually come to really enjoy grocery day. I enjoy the quiet, slow paced breakfast. It’s one of the very few things I do just for me. I really love the uninterrupted time to listen and get lost in my podcasts. And if it helps keep us all fed, even better!
Your journaling made the page for me (I like the layout too...you know what I mean!). I'm with you on all that. Since my husband retired 16ish years ago, he started going to the grocery store. One day I realized I hadn't been in months...he'd quietly taken it over. He even thinks of dinners for me to cook (the hardest part of "cooking" to me), and gets the ingredients and puts it all away when he gets home. But the only thing he can cook is eggs, toast, and breakfast meat. I don't mind. It was the decision-making that robbed me of the joy of cooking. I've liked it much better since he took over so much. Sometimes he even cleans up AFTER dinner!
So interesting and comforting, too, to find out I am not alone in not liking grocery shopping. I enjoyed your journaling, Trace. The colorful title is cool!
I'm exactly the same Trace... it never used to bother me but now I hate grocery shopping with a passion. Unlike you though, I hate cooking too! I love your title work and the little cluster at the bottom... a totally gorgeous page!
Your journaling made the page for me (I like the layout too...you know what I mean!). I'm with you on all that. Since my husband retired 16ish years ago, he started going to the grocery store. One day I realized I hadn't been in months...he'd quietly taken it over. He even thinks of dinners for me to cook (the hardest part of "cooking" to me), and gets the ingredients and puts it all away when he gets home. But the only thing he can cook is eggs, toast, and breakfast meat. I don't mind. It was the decision-making that robbed me of the joy of cooking. I've liked it much better since he took over so much. Sometimes he even cleans up AFTER dinner!
