Chocolate hazelnut spread on toast. There’s no food that reminds me more of being a kid. Actually, I lie. PBJ might be a contender for the title. It’s almost too close to call. Anyways… I digress. Flashforward to 2021. I swing by my local baker, pick up a warm, sourdough baguette or a fresh, flaky croissant and voilà, I have myself a worthy grown-up version of a breakfast staple. Or, you know, I could just spoon it straight out the jar and shove it directly into my cakehole.
Chocolate should be naughty, not evil. And honestly, I don’t want to be bummed out about deforestation and animal welfare while I’m lashing luscious layers of love onto my leavened loaves. Who invited the party-poopers? To me, it’s all about steadily making small, incremental changes that, over time, add up to something meaningful. I’m sure you feel the same way. In fact, I’d bet my hazelnuts on it.
Picture it. South Africa, circa 1999. You can't wait to get home, not to do homework or anything - let's get real, how much of that did you actually do? No, you just couldn't wait to get your hands on their classic Nokia cellphone so that you could spend the afternoon beating your previous score on Snake.
Fast forward a few years later and you had your very own brick of a phone with which to play games, try out polyphonic ringtones and send SMSs JUST long enough to not use up all your airtime and start sending Please Call Me's.
These days, smartphones are the name of the game, and we don't even need to sing their praises, goodness knows you can probably get them to do that themselves. From scrolling through social media to snapping millions of selfies, if it ain't a smartphone like our main deal, we ain't interested. We do miss playing Snake, though.