Today I made sugar cookies with my 5 year old for the third time this week. I have forever wanted to be a mom who always had a cookie jar or tin full of fresh homemade cookies to offer as a treat or snack to my kids, company, or to take to a function. And it’s not that I’ve never baked with my kids but I’ve always seen it as a project, a days ‘event’. This past week I realized with the help of a few of my favourite podcasters specifically Dana K White’s ‘A slob comes clean.’ and her new book ‘Procrastinators Get Stuff Done’, that a goal is just a dream until you do something about it. The only way for me to become a fresh cookie mom is to, infact, have fresh cookies made on a regular basis. To have a variety I have to start with one. To be proud of them I have to experiment with recipes until I find the one I like for each type of cookie. So I decided to start. I dug out my favorite mixing bowl, two cookie pans, preheated the oven, and looked for the easiest recipe I could find. The cookies turned out fine, but I didn’t love the recipe because the dough was a bit dry, and there were no instructions to add water or extra things you could add for more interest or anything. So I tried a new recipe once we had eaten the first batch. Similar, but a few more ingredients, and more depth in texture and taste. Now this is a recipe I can get behind. Still super easy, but better product. However, they ended up being a little dense because I made them too thick. So, today I tried again. This time I rolled the dough out and used cookie cutters to make fun shapes they taste good, but the cook time was a little too much for the small size, and thinner shapes so some are a little well done. I love a well done cookie to dip in milk or tea. My kids are a little more picky, and my dream is definitely to have cookies that look and taste good. So I’m still practicing. But you know what? Imperfect is still progress. I use this motto in my house as well. Every tiny thing I do makes progress, and progress is success. Life isn’t about a finish line. It’s about growth. You’re never done until the day you die. So counting progress as success makes each task a little easier, and the pressure a little lighter.
Today I’m going to try again to give my bedroom a hug. I tried yesterday, but life got in the way. So I’m gonna try to make it just 1% better today, and that will be progress.
Thanks for reading,
See you tomorrow.
