My neighbor's comment about my sourdough made me stop and think

I was dropping off a loaf for my neighbor, Mrs. Ellis, and she said, 'You know, I can always tell when you've had a good bake day. You walk a little taller.' I've been trying to get a proper ear on my sourdough for about 6 months now, and I get so focused on the fails, like last week's flat brick. I never thought about how the wins might show to other people. It made me realize I only ever talk about the bad results. Has anyone else had someone point out a baking win you didn't even notice yourself?

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ray6131d ago

Yeah, that's a thing people do with all sorts of hobbies, right? We're our own worst critics, so we only see the flat bricks and never the good loaves.

charlieh741d ago

Flat bricks is right. I remember trying to learn guitar years ago. I'd play one wrong note and feel like the whole song was ruined, but my wife would say it sounded fine. We definitely fixate on the tiny flaws no one else even notices.

ryan_hart381d ago

Totally get that. It's like your brain just latches onto the one mistake and plays it on a loop.