In Summary: What I read, cooked and listened to this December
“Young Millennials, driven to distraction and depression by nonstop, constantly comparative online benchmarking, can’t unglue from phones-as-performance-measuring-devices. Who can blame them?”
I read and loved this Harvard Business Review article titled In Praise of Extreme Moderation, and even though it’s from 2018, I’ve brought this subject up in conversation a lot this month. Firstly because I find it fascinating and secondly, because growing up sitting still was always associated with the guilt of ‘wasted time’, and I’m still trying to talk myself out of feeling this way. In this piece, author Avivah Wittenberg-Cox offers a transparent perspective on extremism becoming the norm, especially in western cultures, in both our professional and personal lives.
If it takes more than 20 minutes to make, I’m not doing it.
Many of us are finding peace in slowing down in 2020, and during this holiday season. Sourdough was the number one Googled recipe this year (no one is surprised, right?), and if you ventured into this world at all you’ll know the process for making anything sourdough based is far from speedy. While I love tuning out the world and dedicating my energy to preparing and cooking a meal, these past weeks I’ve felt the total opposite. Maybe it’s the 4:30pm sunsets, maybe it’s because I’ve been using up most of my tune-out time rewatching Gossip Girl. So, if your brain is in that same place, here are three recipes I’ve gone back to multiple times that take 20 mins-ish or less.
Harissa Squash + Avocado Salad
It’s actually only 20 mins if you make the squash ahead, but you can make this salad SO many times if you bake a whole one for the week. So do it! You could also sub the squash for sweet potato, equally good.
Easy Carbonara
I add peas too!
Eggs Poached in Marinara Sauce
I absolutely used leftover pizza sauce for this.
I also listened to a few songs that weren’t by Taylor Swift!
My Spotify Wrapped is embarrassing, so I’m not showing you. It was basically only Haim and one Snail Mail song. Instead, here are three albums I listened to a LOT in December that weren’t Evermore or Folklore.
Dizzy - The Sun and her Scorch
The Japanese House - Good At Falling (this is such a good fall/winter/staying inside record)
This Playlist I made when I drove from LA to Las Vegas, which is a mash up of a bunch of playlists. Feels like summer if you need that!
