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How to Find the Time to Do the Thing You Want to Become
If you are what you eat, then you are also what you do, so do some art and become an artist
Back when I was a latchkey kid, my brothers and I would come home from school and snack. We had cereal most days until my older brother stumbled on the combination of Miracle Whip on Wonder Bread. Just Miracle Whip slathered between two pieces of Wonder Bread. Nothing else.
From that point forward, I had a Miracle Whip on Wonder Bread (MWoWB) sandwich every day after school.
I mean every, single day. My routine was:
- Arrive home
- Drop bag
- Make MWoWB sandwich
- Watch television
It’s the strongest routine I’ve ever had in my life.
As you can imagine, I became like a Miracle Whip on Wonder Bread sandwich: pale and fluffy on the outside, soft, tangy goo on the inside.
Not a good look.
Change Happens
The only reason I didn’t continue snacking on Miracle Whip on Wonder Bread sandwiches in college is because I didn’t have the refrigerator space. Keeping a loaf of bread in the room is tricky, as well. Perhaps most of all, my…