Everything In It's Place

Mise en place and investing

In an average week, I likely spend ~1 hour each day in the kitchen between whipping up dinner and preparing meals for the following day. Whilst this habit is borne of necessity (myself and my partner need to eat), I genuinely enjoy the process. The act of studying a recipe, preparing the ingredients and then executing on all of that to create a dish is therapeutic. Although nothing beats the consumption of that output, I have found that cooking is one of the rare activities that I engage in that allows me to remain present, and occasionally achieve a flow state. In today’s environment, we are essentially cyborgs with our mobile phones and gadgets acting as our biomechatronic body parts. Within my line of work, there is also the added pressure of feeling as though you are “always-on”. Having an activity that I enjoy, and can remain exclusively fixated on throughout, gives me a strange sense of rest bite from the financial world. Cooking can be stressful. But like most things, a well-de…