Last night I made dinner for my girlfriend and me. It wasn’t a complex dinner (I’ve made those in the past). Nope, this was a quick trip to Trader Joe’s to pick up a few different items. Dinner was fairly healthy and it tasted good.
Still, I didn’t have to think much about it.
I picked up a prepackaged asparagus, onion, mushroom mix. It ended up being a really nice blend of flavors, but as we sat down to eat, I thought about how much I overpaid for this simple assortment. I would have actually put in a few more mushrooms if I had bought each ingredient individual, but I didn’t.
I didn’t think hard. I thought quickly.
I made a simple and tasty dinner.
But if I had spent just a little bit more time planning–just 5 or 10 minutes brainstorming, I probably could have come up with a better menu that would have cost less and tasted better–even if I used similar ingredients.
Do you ever do this? Do you ever worry so much about being quick that we don’t necessarily go deep?
Ever rush a project? a paper? an event?
Imagine what 5-10 minutes of thought could do for you.
“Why didn’t I think of that?”
The answer is simple: Because I didn’t spend the time needed to actually THINK.