So I heat up a microwave meal. Shepherds Pie. No hunting down a beastie in the forest for me. No growing or foraging for my 5 a day. No food preparation. No skills or ingenuity needed. Just a trip to the fridge and a push of a button.

Convenience Food - by Technology. It’s what we Homo Sapiens do, have done and will continue doing as long as we exist. Making complex things and systems that make our lives “simpler”. That save us time

But when I’ve saved the time with my microwave meal, I have to decide what to do with it. Because for most people, including me, thumb twiddling has never been the most rewarding of hobbies. Well only for a while.

So I search for some Entertainment. .

And in fact my entertainment is also brought into the living room, into the palm of my hand, by technology. So I watch a video of a comedian I like on my phone. And I am royally entertained. In fact there is so much of that entertainment available in my pocket, that even Technology will never be able to give me enough time to consume it all.

It’s a conundrum.

On top of that, it turns out that I Can’t Get No Satisfaction…from just being entertained by A.N. Other Entertainment Inc. It all gets a bit soul-less. I get a bit restless. I find myself staring into the void of an empty existence.

I need something more fulfilling. More rewarding. I want to make something myself. What to do? What to do?

I know. I’ll make a curry. From scratch! My own curry powder. The works.

So I do. And it IS very satisfying and rewarding. I’m doing something with my hands. I’m using my senses. Even a bit of a creativity involved - got to mess with the recipe a little bit.

And by the time I’m done that microwave Shepherd’s Pie has been digested.

I’ve got my appetite back again.