Culinary Pursuit

  So, as a culinary student I cook more than most people know. In fact, I'm always cooking. If I'm not in the kitchen, or in class, I'm more than likely working on recipe ideas or daydreaming about food. However, this is not without its hardships. Take today for example. I was making tricolour tortellini in a mushroom Alfredo sauce with lemon pepper asparagus. As I'm heating up the olive oil to sauté the asparagus, I realise that not only has my phone been going off the whole time, but I can't find the spears. I looked everywhere, and asked where they would be, checked there twice, then promptly gave up and turned off the stove. I then went outside to get the carton of mushrooms and lo and behold, they're sitting right in front of them.

  Things like that happen far more than I'd like to admit, and I probably shouldn't be saying this lest future employers see and decide that I'm incompetent and shouldn't be hired. I think that everyone has those issues, and people find different ways to come with them. I personally like to listen to music whilst I work in the kitchen, and it helps to focus me. I have a friend who meticulously sets out everything before she begins, and she claims that while it takes longer she thinks it helps her see exactly what she needs to do before she has to do it. The same is true in life. You may be at the office really frazzled before a presentation, or at school and panicking because of an assignment, but you know that the right thing can calm you down and re focus your mind. Perhaps if more people would take the time to use that to their advantage, we would be less stressed in the long run. Or maybe I'm just typing this into the void, and no one will ever choose to be better and live less stressed. Who knows?

Does anyone else ever have times when you're working on a project and you get so stressed that you completely give up, only to start again a few moments later?

                                  -Ginger