The first meal you cook for yourself tastes like freedom, even when it’s burnt.

GRATITUDE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Doing something for yourself the first time carries a value with no relation to how well it went. Competence is beside the point at that stage, because what you are actually acquiring is the knowledge that the task belongs to you now and can be done without anyone’s help. Quality comes later and largely on its own.

Take one thing you currently avoid or hand to someone else and do it badly this week. Let the result be poor and keep the fact of having done it. Capability builds on that first ugly attempt, not on waiting until you are good.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What first thing you did alone still tastes like independence?

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Free, with nothing to buy inside it.