Tired and alone, deciding what to eat

You know the feeling. The day is done, the energy is gone, and you're standing in the kitchen doorway. The fridge light is too bright, and the silence is a little too loud.

The weight of a small choice

It's just dinner. It shouldn't feel like a big deal. But when you're tired, every option feels like a commitment you don't have the bandwidth for.You find yourself just staring at the pantry, waiting for an answer to announce itself. It never does. The mental list of possibilities just loops, getting more tangled with each pass.

When the mind goes blank

It's not that you don't know what you like. It's that you can't access the information right now. The part of your brain that makes preferences has clocked out for the day.You might even catch yourself thinking, 'I wish someone would just tell me.' Not because you can't decide, but because you're tired of deciding. You've used up all your decision points on other things.

A simple way out

Sometimes, you just need the question taken away. To be presented with an answer, any answer, so you can stop circling.

Letting the wheel decide

So I made this. It's just a list of things I, or people I know, default to on these kinds of nights. Nothing fancy. Nothing that requires more than one pot, if you're lucky.It's not about the perfect meal. It's about permission to eat the okay one, and to be done with the whole process. To have the mental debate closed for you, so you can just move on with your evening.