04/02/2026
Some might say this endeavour was a bit of a waste….I mean, I can buy a litre of maple syrup for less than what it cost me to make it.
And maybe that’s true.
But it was also so much fun.
We tend to put a lot of emphasis on results, and forget that it’s often the process that nourishes us.
I haven’t nerded out like that in a long time, and that tells me it was worth doing.
It tells me I was doing something that mattered to me. And when you tap into what you value, it stops being about the outcome.
You can actually enjoy the process, regardless of how it turns out.
And for the record—I didn’t do it perfectly.
I think I started a little too early, put some taps in backwards 🤦♀️, and I’m pretty sure I didn’t boil it long enough.
But mistakes don’t determine whether we succeed, our willingness to learn, adjust, and keep going does.
In the end, we still enjoyed our slightly runny maple syrup on homemade sourdough waffles… and I even maple’d our bacon! 🥓
Nourishing yourself isn’t just about food.
So get curious, find what lights you up, and do it because you want to!
That’s reason enough.
