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Meghan Splawn's avatar

Love this, especially the notes on the value of recipes. Another layer here, especially for those of us whose work is food, is how our interest (hobbies, work) benefit sour families and often mean sour labor gets minimized. Maybe I'm projecting a lot of what it means to be the primary cook for my family who also wants to find time to bake for fun.

I have a very high tolerance for failure but my perfectionist tendencies mean I often stuff away the failure feelings (sadness, rage, disappointment) in order to come across as "good at failure" LOL.

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Casey Barber's avatar

"Good at failure" LOL indeed! I feel like I may have to do your Human Design chart and see if you also have a 3 line in your profile, which is the "fail again, fail better" line.

And yes, the issue of minimizing our labor for the things we like/liked to do for fun and naturally gravitate toward is real too. I was just asked to cook for free for a part time work event and was like... 🤨

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Diana Pappas's avatar

Thanks for sending this my way!

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