Well, interesting to me anyway.
Fasting makes it quite apparent how much of our day is focused on food. To us, Baby Boomers who only occasionally eat out, never buy a prepared meal at Aldi or order from Door Dash, food is a major part of our day. Add up time spent thinking about the what, where, how, the actual prep time, plus cooking and eating, the time expenditure is not insignificant. If I put eating on the back burner who knows what I might accomplish:
- Become fluent in Chinese.
- Discover a cure for Seborrheic Dermatitis.
- Write the great American novel.
- Add heels to my regularly scheduled elbow loofah-ing.
- Actually read “War and Peace,” not just the Cliff Notes.
- Finish my volume of poetry, “Poems That Don’t Rhyme; A New Genre!”
- Watch “The Princess Bride” And “A Christmas Story” for the 100th time; 200th time for “The Wizard of Oz.”
- Complete my treatise on “Broadway Musicals of the Late Twentieth Century.” My specialty.
- Feed the hungry, end homelessness, make healthcare and affordable education available to all and rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. (Dang! There’s that pinko socialist spouting ridiculous ideas again!)
- Find a suitcase with one million dollars in it. (As much chance of this happening as winning the lottery.)
- Go out more and experience fine dining. I have some great coupons for Burger King in my glove box.
- Dare I dream…Exercise?
I am a man of many parts…most of them worn out!