What is YOUR hit of happiness?
I was having brunch with friends a couple weeks ago and on the menu was "million dollar bacon." This was not the first time I have seen this on a menu. Last year in Florida, we went to a restaurant with "million dollar bacon" and we ordered it because HELLO, you must try million dollar bacon. It was good and it was even better on vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce. I did not order it at brunch because I felt like once you have had it, you really do not need to have it again. It made me think how wild it is that we live in a world with million dollar bacon as a menu option.
Which led me down an even deeper spiral of my dietitian brain of the many other options we are exposed to similar to million dollar bacon. It's a thrill when we see it, try it, eat it and relive it the next time we see it on a menu. Maybe its the triple dip, hot chocolate sundae with 3 kinds of chocolate chips and a side of extra chocolate sauce. Maybe it's the tomahawk ribeye. Maybe it's the morning Bloody Mary with the beer back, maybe its the extra spicy romance novel that you can't put down. Maybe it's the 6 season Netflix show that you lose sleep over because you can't stop watching it. Maybe it's the 5th trip to Target this week and the bag of "stuff" you just needed to have. Maybe it is a yoga session or a long walk. Maybe it's journaling or praying. Maybe it's therapy or coffee with a friend. Maybe it's just a bandaid holding your life together?
I believe we live in a world where we are all looking for a little less chaos with a little more calm and joy in our lives. We run ourselves into the ground working long hours, doing activities, trying to have relationships and social lives, trying to manage our homes with cooking and cleaning, trying to get adequate sleep, trying to nurture our inner peace and balance. We have a hard time saying no and find other ways to find the joy we are missing. If you are burning the candle at both ends and finding yourself searching for those daily hits to help you cope, I challenge you to ask yourself if it's productive or just a bandaid?
We all have our own "hits of happiness."
Do more of the ones that bring you closer to the life you want.
#realization | #EmbraceTheHellYeah
AE
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