Bake More!

Whenever I find out that I will go through a great change in my life, I get so excited that I stop being able to do anything. For example, when I found out that I was going to move to the US, I dropped out of my university, even though I would have had plenty of time to finish the semester. When I found out that I was going to move to New Mexico I stopped going to work, even though I could have worked a bit longer and saved some money for the move.
This time is the worst. I am moving to an incredible place where I never even dreamed of living, with my incredible boyfriend, and I am finally going to be able to settle in one place for a while! There are still three months left until my move, but I have reached the point where I can't concentrate on anything but googling "Living in the San Francisco Bay Area".
This means trouble. I have a lot of work to do! so I have decided to get into something that will distract me for the next couple of months. I'm going to start baking. I'm going to bake at least twice a week.

Photo by: Trish Papadakos

Why Baking?

Well, first of all, I have always liked baking. The problem is that I have never felt really comfortable in the kitchen, so baking anything is usually a whole day challenge for me. First I prepare mentally; this takes all morning. Then I prepare my kitchen so that it looks like I'm in a cooking show. I put everything in individual containers, I clean, I prepare something, I clean, I google everything to make sure I'm doing it right, I clean, and so on. By the end of it I'm exhausted, and I've worried so much and taken so long that I look back at the whole process as a huge cloud of confusion.

I believe that my problem will be solved if I actually get used to baking often, without worrying much before, without worrying about cleaning until after its all done, and without googling every single question that pops in my mind.


Why now?

This fall I will become a PhD student. I will graduate at almost 30 years old. YES. THIRTY. Now, I know I wont have too much free time during these upcoming years, and because of that I want to get to the point where I can come back from a long day of work, bake something in 30 mins, and enjoy it with my lovie while I watch a movie or relax. My goal is to get to the point where I can do this naturally.

Until July I will keep working 8-5. So my challenge will be to get back from work, cook lunch for the next day, exercise, shower, clean, read, aaaaand BAKE somewhere in between all that! I wont do this every day, but at least a couple of times a week, starting now!

This challenge will keep me distracted while I try to stay interested in my responsibilities before moving. It will give me something else to google: I will look for recipes instead of tips about life in San Francisco!!!!

Today I made my first baked goodie!