HeyJaredThe Second Helping
Essays about what we choose to put on our plate - literally and otherwise.
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How a satisfied person became a problem (opens the original)
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I have been writing for as long as I can remember. The first time I discovered long form writing, I realised I could write something like this and the whole process gave me so much - it gave me a new found desire to learn, to create, explore, understand the world from new lenses. When I started working, I moved on to “more important things” in life - like building a career, earning money and the likes of it.Last week, I fell into a loop of finding people to be more like, of finding topics to wri
You’re not bored of the food. You’re bored of the shape. (opens the original)
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A couple of weeks ago, I didn’t feel like eating anything I usually eat. None of my go-to meals sounded appetising. After multiple experiments, I thought of wraps. Since I’ve cut down on gluten, I asked my cook to make rotis with ragi, jowar and rice flour. Then, I asked her to sauté vegetables - basically make a dry subzi.I made wraps with avocado instead of butter and vegetables wrapped inside these rotis, and then, baked them. The first one came out great - crisp, but also soft enough to qual
What if there’s something better? (opens the original)
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This one evening, I wasn’t able to focus on anything specific and so, I sat with my Kindle on the sofa, in hopes to have a successful reading session. I went through my downloads, and didn’t feel like reading any of them. And so, I did the next best thing.I spent more than 1 hour doom browsing on Claude for books to read. I spent a fraction of that time actually reading anything. I had this strong urge to read something useful. Something that would make me a better writer or better at my meals o
An ancient cure for a modern manipulation (opens the original)
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After interacting with one reel about organic, toxin-free products, my Instagram filled up with just that. Which led to me purchasing a coconut coir scrubber and a natural gadget cleaner. This has been a continuous swap journey for me and has led me to purchase only natural & safe detergents, handwashes and dishwashes. And honestly, I don’t mind this. In fact, I love these swaps. But, they were heavily algorithm driven. The algorithm showed me a critique of these things and directed me onto an e
Since when did waiting become unacceptable? (opens the original)
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Since When? is a series about the everyday things we treat as timeless, and how recently they actually became normal.This year, for my husband’s birthday, we went to our go-to restaurant. They are able to accommodate my dietary restrictions, they make pizza sauce for me without chilli and have millet pizza bases, and so we’re kind of loyal to them. They have a great ambience and my husband doesn’t like to go to places where I can’t eat. So this time around, they made us wait 45 minutes for a cus
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