An ordinary meal eaten attentively gives a necessary act room to become enjoyment.

Eating happens whether you notice it or not, which is why so much of it passes without registering at all. The difference between fuel and pleasure is rarely the food; it is usually whether any attention was paid to it. A plain lunch eaten slowly, at a table, without a screen, turns out to have more in it than you expected. Nothing has to be bought or improved for this to work.

Pick one meal this week and do nothing else while you eat it. Put the phone in another room, sit down properly, and see how long it takes before the food actually arrives in your attention.