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Cooking shouldn't be a stress inducing chore, learn how to do it and it can be a destressing joy.
For some, yup. For others not so much. I spent a relaxing morning changing some wall lights, filling the holes from the old, painting the wall to cover the filler, pulling fuses etc. Other people don't find that relaxing which confuses me but each to their own. Cooking is the same.
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I know it's not the main thrust of the article, and it is the Grauniad, but one might need to check one's privilege if in the situation described. Especially if they are in a position where they can spend £20/night (albeit for two), each and every night, on deliveries rather than cooking for themselves.
I know many people are wrapped up in the endless pursuit of optimising their lives (I don't want to read another "I get up at 5.52am every day and meditate for 8 minutes whilst administering a coffee and porridge enema on myself rather than wasting time drinking or eating it directly..." style story) to the point where they somehow justify to themselves that they can do it because it allows them to free up even more time for working (and ordering in food means they can work harder and earn even more[1]).
But, fuck me, take the time to cook (or learn how to cook) rather than burning yourself out working every hour $DEITY sends in search of more $$$ to spend on unnecessary consumer shite. Cooking shouldn't be a stress inducing chore, learn how to do it and it can be a destressing joy.
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