This week for my inspiration, I found myself starting out in a bit of a rut. Recently, I’ve been doing lots of reading of many genres, but I suddenly found myself feeling stuck and bored of what I was reading (something not ordinarily in the genre I read). So, I got two new books- one from my friend and one for my own to get back into reading. But, I found myself “unable” to really start reading! I found myself constantly doing work/ studying for my midterms this week that after I was finished, my eyes felt too tired to sit down and read some more. So, instead of reading I decided to watch something instead. I got really into one show, but after watching (maybe a few too many) episodes in one day, I grew bored of it. I then decided to switch up the genre COMPLETELY from snippy rom-com with emphasis on comedy, to a documentary type show about improving struggling restaurants.
Surprisingly, I got really into it, but limited myself to two episodes so that I would be productive and not grow tired of the show. I then felt “sparked” on the subject of food and improving cuisine (like on the show). I changed up my daily smoothie recipe again and again, and began looking up restaurants in different places of the world because I found it fascinating for a variety of reasons- ex the restaurants in Italy versus the Italian restaurants in NYC. Then, I found myself drawn to my upcoming trip to NYC and my upcoming summer there, and began making a huge list of saved places on Google Maps that I wanted to visit and go to, beginning with restaurants, and ultimately expanding to a variety of other places and activities (such as attending live tapings of shows). By switching up my routine again, and by watching something new, I became inspired by learning about and seeing another topic (cuisine and the lives of other people since these restaurants in the show were in Malta and then in China). This led me to start doing research, and also to me getting excited. It also led me to start conversations and planning with other friends about what we want to do during Spring Break in NYC and over the summer there when some will live there too and when others will visit! Overall, I feel excited about experiencing new things- stemming back to after I watched this show about improving restaurants.
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