January 27, 2024

My ideal weekend begins on Friday night. I spend it with friends or doing some sort of enriching activity. Last night I cooked dinner for Ornella, Andrew, and I. Andrew and I found a rabbit at our favorite meat market and the price felt really reasonable. It was weird breaking down and cooking a whole mammal. I’ve gotten quite used to chicken but it did feel different. I think if I am going to eat meat though, I want to not be alienated from the process of what I’m actually eating. Intentionality and mindfulness in everything. I cooked it using this NYT recipe. It was fantastic. Ornella left for St. Louis last night and Andrew and I decided to watch a movie in the evening. We watched Rashomon. It was definitely a great movie, but it was not my favorite Kurosawa movie. I haven’t seen very many, but of what I have seen, I’ve enjoyed Seven Samurai most. Our library gives us access to the criterion collection, so I’d love to watch more movies. Film history is a pretty big gap in my general knowledge.

On Saturdays I like to sleep in/wake with the light. Today I woke up and took a shower. I like Saturdays to be pretty social. Right now it is winter, so we’ve been just hanging out at home, but I’d like once it gets warmer to do more outings on Saturdays. I really want to go to more farmer’s markets. I’d like to explore more of what the city has to offer: parks, markets, cultural events, parades, etc. I like spending Saturdays with friends. Today, our friend Risha is visiting. We are making breakfast together.

I like Sundays to be really restful and full of recovery. I like to do some cleaning and tidying and resting. I don’t like it to feel like obligatory or overwhelming, but just kind of gentle puttering around, setting everything right, feels really lovely and satisfying to me.

I don’t want to mess up my sleep schedule too much on weekends. I want to hold things loosely while also keeping my habits going. I want my weekends to feed me instead of exhausting me.

I’m proud of myself for how much my ideal is aligning with my actual life. I keep getting closer and closer. It feels really good to be moving in the right direction and to feel like I’m making progress while generally not overtaxing myself. When I do put too much on my plate, I recognize it much faster than I used to and the time it takes me to recover is much shorter because I know what I need to do to take care of myself.