I've been reading, and thinking, Void...

Specifically, I've been reading the Harris twins' book Do Hard Things. It's a challenge to teenagers in particular and Christians in general to rise above what is expected and accepted. It's a challenge to push out of our complacent comfort zones and into daring. And it is forcing me to think about my comfort zones. I have many.
Let's start with cooking (mainly because I'm eating dinner, so food is kind of on my mind.) My mother has been cooking for some forty years, and can tell what minute portion of what spice a dish needs by tasting it. Seriously. "Okay, just add 1/4 teaspoon of red wine vinegar and another tablespoon of brown sugar." [I add the requisite ingredients...and work requisite into my post.] "Yep! Perfect!" And suddenly, the dish has gone from "oh, tomatoes" to "ooh, tomatoes!" My older sister: gourmet chef, exotic flair, phenomenal baker, made her own wedding cake. Yeah. My younger sister: tastes a dish and knows what it needs, cooks everything perfectly on her first attempt.
I'm not exaggerating their abilities. (Not much, anyway.) I live with these three women in my life, and frankly, it gets a little depressing. Because I'm no gourmet chef. I am not a taste-and-change-it cook. However. As of today, as a direct result of reading Do Hard Things, I am going to endeavor to change this. Because the Harris twins advocate doing things that are personally difficult for you.

Go read the book.