My New Normal

This project has changed me in ways I wasn't expecting. For starters, it's made me more thoughtful. Yes, yes, I know, you're probably wondering "how in the heck could this over-analytic woman possibly think any more than she already does?!" But doing all this cooking and creating and trial + error has really helped me to be LESS analytic/critical in my thought process and MORE open, creative and meaningful. If that make any sense.

That Egg+Cheese sammy was GOOD!

It's also made me more proactive. For example, the other day I woke up for work and was starvin' like Marvin. Now, Old Monica would have just stopped at a fast food joint or the Walgreens next to my school and grabbed something. But New Monica didn't even try that crap. Wanna know what New MOnica did? She went into the kitchen and made herself a homemade breakfast sandwich. Yeah, you read that correctly. I made, at 7am, a scrambled egg and cheese sandwich on toasted and buttered bread. That may not seem like much to most, but that is like a HUGE milestone for me!!

I'm not a morning person. I don't like having to make anything in the morning unless it's a bowl of cereal or a container of yogurt. So for me to take time out of my hectic morning to make breakfast instead of spending money on one, really made me happy. And proud. And confident that the more I do this lil cooking project, the more things I'll learn about myself and the more I'll change--for the better.