The Goods Are Odd

A dear friend wrote to me the following e-mail:
I’d love your insight into our current scenario:
A peek into our kitchen would render a million spices and nothing to put them into, frozen chicken, strawberries and TJ’s frozen pasta dinners. Fridge with soymilk, condiments, an ancient bag of carrots and some miso. Cupboards of pasta, some [...]

I am about to go back to full time work. This is a relief on our household’s financial situation, but it’s hard to reconcile with the dream of working part time at something relatively easy but engaging and spending the rest of the time as desired. I thought that when I worked full time again [...]