Garlic aioli. I know it’s a distinct food product. But, wouldn’t it be more economical to use mayo?

I recently went to a restaurant that served a carrot hummus. Carrot hummus, made from carrots roasted to a perfect Maillard-forward reaction then mashed 200 times by hand, old-fashion artisan style. Garlic aioli, crème fraîche, and first press organic tahini are added to the carrot-pâté and whipped into a hummus-like spread. This will set you back $50.

Money:

a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; coins and banknotes collectively.

I don’t carry around many coins or banknotes. When I pay for things, I often use a card or my phone.

In my apartment, there are no mountains of coins or banknotes. And, I don’t physically see the money I get paid from my day job. I sometimes see banknotes from gigs.

I know I need money to support a roof over my head, food, and clothes. And when I die, I won’t have much use for it anymore.

“We need to talk.”

If you ever heard or seen that message, you might have estimated that there are bad consequences to follow that talk. Perhaps you’re getting fired, breaking up, a loved one is diagnosed with a terminal disease and has days to live, someone died, you have been diagnosed with a terminal disease and have hours to live, you’re partner is pregnant, you aren’t getting a bonus, you’re losing the house, BTS finally retired, a war broke out, someone bombed someone else, the list goes on.

Apparently, pre-historic humans in Eastern Europe enjoyed fish, vegetables, and berries. And, if you read the article, you’ll see that they weren’t much different than we are now — some people like their fish with grasses, some liked them with tubers, some liked them in different ways. At the end of the day, they all enjoyed balanced diets.

Sometimes, history reveals that present isn’t much different from the past. And, we’re probably overcomplicating things.

If you are over 30 years old, an overwhelming majority of your body’s cellular mass has been replaced at least once, and in most tissues, many times over. Said another way, a majority of what you are now is not the same as what you were and won’t be the same as what you will become.

When your body replaces cells and tissues, it’s not like your body hits the reset button and gives you fresh new untarnished material back. It carries forward accumulated damage, adaptation, and errors. It remembers the damage and doesn’t let you forget it.

I stayed with my dad the night before he died. In October, I blogged about the sounds I heard. I forgot to write about a companion that sat with me and my dad.

A fly landed, almost out of nowhere, on the lip of my father’s mouth. It walked around, almost like it was inspecting my dad’s body. I thought, “please, the guy’s almost dead, let him have some dignity.” The fly moved to my dad’s chest and then to my leg and walked around.

Twenty plus years ago, a psychiatrist told me I had bipolar disorder. They said I would never survive without medication. It’s been just less than twenty years and I’m alive, no medication, and well managed.

One important method I use to manage my energy is to “conclude less” and “notice without judgment more.”

Concluding is like deciding why, how, and what things are with little-to-no data to back up the conclusion.

I went to pay for the food and noticed two signs.

“We don’t accept cash, please use card.”

I then noticed a jar with cash that read:

“Tips power us.”

I see two different signals — “please don’t give us cash” and “please give us cash”.

I asked the person behind the cash register why don’t accept cash for payment. The person said they prefer card because it’s safer than handling cash.