Tradwifing

 

On Saturday I more or less spent the whole day in the kitchen. I didn't have guests (apart from one houseguest who was very low maintenance), nor was there any occasion, but I just prepared (kimchi), meal-prepped for Sunday (soup) and baked (bread and cookies) in addition to making dinner and all of a sudden the whole day had passed with the only interruptions having been doing the laundry and going grocery shopping. This might sound sad and like a very boring weekend programme, but I just love pottering around in the kitchen and get immense satisfaction from having produced something that is (mostly) healthy and nutritious. After Saturday's "kitchen marathon" I was reminded of those trad wife influencers, who proclaim that there's nothing more fulfilling than being a housewife and making everything from scratch. While I don't subscribe to their conservative philosophy/sales pitch and would definitely get bored if this was my only occupation, I have to admit that this "part-time-housewife-mode" suits me just fine, especially at this time of year.