As I write this, there are two mozzarella sticks sitting in the kitchen. My wife made them as a treat for the kids this evening, and boy do they look good. Amazingly, I haven’t eaten them, and I’m not planning on doing so.
On any other night, I might have eaten them. But tonight? Tonight I was saved by our apple slicer. For background, my wife went to a Pampered Chef party a few months back and came home with a fantastic apple slicer. At first I was skeptical. I mean, who pays $12 for an apple slicer? But I was wrong. This thing rocks.
As goofy as it sounds, this little beauty has often been my saving grace when it comes staving off junk food. You see, I love sliced apples, but I’m also rather lazy. If given the choice between spending a minute slicing an apple by hand or grabbing a snack out of the pantry, I’d almost certainly go for the pantry. Pathetic? Yes. But true nonetheless.
I’ve come to realize that, at least for me, little conveniences like an apple slicer, baby carrots, etc. can be the difference between success and failure. It’s all about minimizing whatever barriers stand between you and your goals. It sounds trivial, but with this apple slicer in hand, I can whip up some wedges in ten seconds flat, making it significantly less likely that I’ll opt for crap.
And tonight, that’s exactly what I did. I grabbed an apple, sliced it into wedges, and sat down to savor my victory over those greasy (yet ever so tasty) cheese sticks.
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