We had just finished the main event of our day mid afternoon and I was ready to head back home and turn in, but instead, we walked the opposite way to explore the neighbourhood a bit more. We stumbled upon Plenty Cafe, which I had visited before but at a different location, but since Alice hadn’t, I agreed to checking it out with her.
I almost didn’t recognise this location as the same shop; the two locations had such different vibes. This one had more character with its mix of exposed wood, mismatched tiles, pendant lights, and string lights, whereas the other location, though it had exposed wood too, felt almost like a deli — a fancy deli though.
Excited to try something new, I went for the ricotta toast, which had butternut squash, apple, hazelnut, mint, and honey, and Alice went for the classic avocado toast, which had pickled radish, cucumber, Aleppo pepper, cilantro, and feta. We taste tested each other’s too. I might be biased, but I thought the ricotta toast was better (•̀⌄•́) Better than the avocado toast, yes. Who knew that was possible? And to think that I almost missed out on it because I called it a day mid afternoon.
Lately I’ve gotten into the habit of doing one thing a day, which some people might see as unproductive and other people might see as productive. It’s a glass half empty/half full type of situation. I’m calling this unproductive: if I set something as my goal for the day, all my other goals are considered distractions. Like, I’ll spend the whole day writing one blog post, another whole day applying to jobs, another whole day doing holiday shopping, but never all in one day. Of course, when I say I spend the whole day doing one thing, I mean that I spend half of the day thinking about how I should be doing that one thing and the other half of the day actually doing that one thing.
I hate to break it to me, but there’s more things I gotta do than one thing per day. (Btw this was a post-grad development. I never could have gotten away with it in college haha.)
I was reminded of a Youtube video I watched years ago, in which someone shared about their experience meeting Casey Neistat (I wish I remembered who that person was and could find that video). This person was visiting NYC for a bit and called up Casey Neistat to see if he was free to meet. Casey Neistat was busy and had less than an hour free in his schedule. The person started to say something along the lines of, “Oh okay, maybe next time then!” but then Casey Neistat asked whether they were free during that hour. Casey Neistat made every minute count. That time wasn’t filler time between one thing and the next; it was time to be used.
Now, I’m not glorifying busyness. I just hope to show some people who need to hear it (me) that perhaps you have more time than you think you might. That time could be intentionally spent knocking another task off your to-do list, it could be intentionally spent on resting, or it could be intentionally spent on something else. There’s more to the day, and you can make every minute count.
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What would you do with an “extra” hour in your day?
PS: I’m giving Blogmas a go! Let me know in the comments if there’s anything you’d like to see on the blog (ू•ᴗ•ू❁)