I’ve recently realized (thanks to another Lemmy discussion), that I have no joy, passion, or happiness left 🤣

I want to live vicariously through the collective! What’s bringing you joy, happiness, and/or what are you passionate about.

Let’s keep this safe for work 🙂

As always, thank you all so much for answering my questions! I hope you everyone is having a great day!!

    • randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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      1 day ago

      It’s interesting to me the number of people I have met that find cooking brings them joy or happiness. It’s cool and all, but, for me a little odd. Probably because I eat to survive and not to enjoy.

      I bet friends and family are appreciative of your joy of cooking!!

      Thank you so much!!

      • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        8 hours ago

        when you learn to cook food that tastes really good and that other people enjoy, it becomes much more than a survival activity and more like a hobby, though once you start you can’t stop, I do all the cooking and baking at home 😅 To be honest, cooking gives my life most of its meaning, I am a cook more than anything else.

        It does get harder to go back to poorly prepared meals, and you start to become dependent along with everyone in your family, as nobody wants to go back to box meals or restaurant food. You realize at some point you can’t buy the kind of foods you can make at home. And it can be a lot of pressure to perform and deliver every day, but that provides its own rewards. In the end, I like working and producing something others value, and cooking is a rewarding kind of work.