Decide fewer things
A rotating set of five dinners you already know how to cook beats Pinterest. Write the three you will actually make this week and buy only those vegetables.
- Cook a pot of dal or beans
- Wash and cut two vegetables you will use twice
- Put breakfast oats or eggs on autopilot
A Sunday that takes 30 minutes
Not a full prep. Just enough to lower weeknight friction.
Build a backup shelf
Frozen mixed vegetables, eggs, canned beans, and a grain that cooks fast rescue the night you get home late. Planning is a kindness to future you, not a test.
Takeaway on a brutal day is not a character flaw. The pattern across the month is the story.
