i’m in the market for a new fridge.
i’m also in the market for a new freezer.
i need these things because i’m constantly eating out at the moment. i have a few fav coffee spots and i tend to write (like now) while i’m enjoying a quick bit of breakfast and a coffee, a kickstart to my day, mondays are nice and chill for this.
i had set every best intention this morning NOT to do the usual thing of spending money on breakfast, because if i stopped doing so i could have the fucking fridge/freezer a lot faster if i just REIGNED in my spending on stuff like this — you know the whole routine and hack.
i even went so far last week to get in a big pack of TREK bars to like cover those like impulses when your driving. you know the ones, you get that pang for coffee/breakfast/fast something and boom before you know it your tapping the card, your mid-term plans of getting yourself all sorted for food prep goes in reverse.
I will say this, i don’t make coffee as good as the spot i like currently, they make it with oat milk and it hits the spot. I always have some food with it — for some reason i can’t not EAT at the same time, having a coffee seems, dunno cheap? for the business i mean for me to sit and use their space.
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I see this currently as a bad behaviour that i need to change. i’ve already self hacked myself this morning that what i’ve paid out i’ve got back by lunchtime — that doesn’t get me ahead thou, it doesn’t get me the new fridge or the freezer, if i had both, i’d at least TRY to do meal prep.
i’ve got this whole thing mapped out, glass containers, make everything up on a sunday or monday and boom i’ve got my weeks worth, removing the impulses. I’d have a bunch of breakfast chia seed things up and ready to go and i’d go back to fetching my fruit and veg at the weekend for smoothies — heck i could have packs of frozen stuff ready to go… ugh.
but then also the nagging creeps in, the fact that i’d be using electric/energy to do this, while it does not increase my bills as such because of the locked in contract for energy usage it’s always a thing i consider especially when i wanna go away at a drop of a hat. i don’t want a fridge or freezer where i’m just “filling” it.
the alternative, the “pots” inside a pot idea would be great but then it’s logistics of moving them or knowing they are cared for while i’m away. i do like that idea thou i’ll be honest, especially for things like milk and such like fresh stuff but i’ve cut down a lot since the war because i’ve switched to like mass hoarding tinned food.
so yeah that’s my mission at the moment, a great fridge and freezer replacement, swap them out in the summer months, get them hooked up and get those glass containers in so i can start filling the freezer with fruit for smoothies and veg for soups enhancement.
i’ve got to tweak a few areas to make these behaviours stick. i’m accepting the failure today. not a good look for a fresh week, but i’m taking action, talking it out, i’m gonna make some separate virtual card accounts and start punishing myself when i spend, i’ll put the same amount in a separate account.
—timeout—
i literally stopped writing to set that all up, i’ve got three separate virtual cards linked to “pots” of money now and i’m even rounding up to the nearest pound towards that little fund now for the fridge and the freezer, created a separate flight fund pot and finally a pot for gifts — i’ve already got them in the basket ready to pull the trigger on :)
i guess at some point i’m gonna need to invest in a decent coffee maker as well so that i can get that espresso fix in the morning — maybe i just buy a standalone unit for that, any suggestions, what do you use, what’s good? i’m pretty sure i can get coffee beans (something i need to start stacking i guess too)
ps.. i watched everything everywhere yesterday and it was hands down one of the best visual experiences i’ve had this year. fantastic movie, great story/script and incredible attention to detail, it’s got so much in there that i might have missed that i’d definitely watch that again in 4k with great headphones or improved sound.
humble x