Stopping. NOT Quitting. · Crust & Crumb Academy

Stopping. NOT Quitting.

I really appreciate the liveliness this community has with every single person. However, if I do not make this post, then what follows in the coming month(s) will not make any sense. So here it is.

I am pumped to look at all these recipes about bread, the food I enjoy eating and loving to make, and to see everyone coming in and posting their delicious bakes of flour, water, yeast, and salt transformed. Nothing delights me as much as seeing a freshly baked loaf of bread sitting on someone’s table or countertop.

So, why have I not posted any bakes?

Some of you might already know part of my problem: the tools I do not have for the making and baking. But most of you probably do not know this part:

The incapability via unaffordability.

Sure, I COULD buy the ingredients for the bread I want to make. Sure, I COULD buy a few of the bread making tools. Sure, I COULD do all that. But I do not. Because...my situation does not allow me to. And to add on to that, I am not in a position where I CAN do all that. (In other words, what I am doing with my life is something we call “dealing with priorities.”) It HURTS.

I love seeing the weekly challenges, but I do get tired of thinking that I "have to catch up” or "fearing that I am falling behind.”

All this to say: I am stopping. Slowing. Pausing. NOT quitting. If you do not “see” me much in this community after today, this is why.

I will bake a loaf of bread. And I will post it in here. Just not right now.

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