I have been contemplating of how some of your daily habits in the kitchen can make your day more than you think. I have recently changed my old dilapidated appliances which had become useless a few months ago. No fancy things, only some useful stuff that worked well and did not leave me frustrated every morning. I visited a neighborhood store, browsed around and wasted more time than I had anticipated to simply observe how a tiny detail such as the tact of a knob or the low noise of a fridge can change something.
I even found myself buying some of the necessities in an appliance sales event in Houston in the kitchen and was surprised by how easily the experience altered my day-to-day routine. And all of a sudden making coffee or chopping vegetables was not a burden. The little efficiency touches, the height of the right hand drawers, an oven that cooks evenly, a blender that does not sound like a jet engine, a few other little details, made my mornings a little more of a serene atmosphere.
Nevertheless, the most important to me was not the appliances per se, but the way the process helped me consider my relationship with the space that I spend the most time. It was a reminder that the tools that we use day by day, the objects that we may tend to take lightly, actually affect our mood, our rhythm, and even the little things in creating an idea in the cooking.
I find myself continuing to notice little details now, of how a cabinet slides open with a smooth motion, of the warmness of a timer, or the contentment of a well-sharpened knife. This leaves me wondering whether we fail to notice these little things that are comforting during our day to day lives, yet we put much emphasis on the big things instead of the little things that make our day to day lives to be enjoyable.
I would be interested to know whether any other people have had this kind of experience: how the simplest modifications or considerate things in our everyday life have made something that felt normally just a bit better.
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