I just came back from doing groceries. I have been doing this consistently every week for a month and I find that I like it.
It's probably a testament of my yearning for routine and order in my life. The grocery shopping ritual is tied to my meal planning for the week, thoughts of calorie intake, stock checking, avoiding waste, discipline in sticking to a budget; in summary, order in the midst of an otherwise haphazard living.
Every week I try to stick to a RM100 budget although these first few weeks I've overspent more often than not. At the end of every week though, I will have an access of produce and food stuff that I carry forward to the next. I expect to hit the RM100 budget consistently after a while as I learn to gauge my consumption better.
When I think back over the things I used to write compared to now, I'm struck by how different they are, in terms of style and substance. In closer examination, the writing also reflects who I am at certain periods of life, my priorities and values. Groceries though, 5 years back I never thought I'd be writing about it but here we are.
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