AES58 Cooking & Relaxing

Since I was a very young child I  was very interested in cooking. I saw this show on the television, I think it was called I can cook. It was basically a show that gave children recipes that are very easy to make. I remember so well that in the show they gave the complete steps, like washing your hands until washing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen afterward. But as a child wasn’t really allowed to cook because that one time I almost burned the kitchen. But then when I was in about 3rd or 4rh grade I started cooking for myself, usually, I make eggs and bacon for breakfast. But then cooking slowly turned into a coping mechanism for me. 

Especially as I grew older I was allowed to stay up late and I was starving so I cooked myself. Then I found that very very therapeutic, cooking in silence just by myself is like heaven for me. My grandma would tease me for doing that by singing this one song that goes “masak-masak sendiri, makan-makan sendiri.. Cuci piring sendiri.” I think she made up some parts of that song, but it’s funny anyway. 

I think what makes cooking so therapeutic is that the fact that I kinda have this rhythm of doing it. I enjoy chopping my ingredients, and I chop it in this tempo and that’s just really relaxing. And like food, in general, is just really good so it can’t really go wrong with food. I love how silent my house is at night and the fact that no one will ask me to share my food. Well like I don’t mind sharing but sometimes I just wanna eat by myself. So yeah I guess cooking in the middle of the night is my kinda thing now. I would recommend you trying it, especially if you have insomnia like me. Because when im full it helps me to sleep. Altho I’ve read that it’s not good to sleep right after you eat. I mean I always sit for minimal 30 minutes after I eat so that my body can kinda process my food.

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