Motivation for: Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a feast I take seriously. I have prepared a Thanksgiving feast weeks in advance. Cooking part of the feast every night before the big day. Working backwards to the finish line.

I work so hard at Thanksgiving that I wonder if I am a cook for a living.

No, I work so hard at Thanksgiving because I had such a bad experience for one Thanksgiving that I never want me or anyone around me to have that bad experience again.

What was the experience?

The Thanksgiving experience that motivates me so much is: having Thanksgiving at a restaurant.

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Horrible, right?!

For me, Thanksgiving is a time of plentiful. Where I can eat so much and would have three days of leftovers, even if I didn’t cook the feast. There would always be turkey, stuffing, and potatoes.

My restaurant experience had the turkey, stuffing, potatoes, and even - cranberry sauce. I just felt hungry at the end of the meal and had nothing to show for it.

That is not Thanksgiving to me!

So, that experience motivates me to cook a feast every year. Researching, strategizing, planning, executing in a way that some thinks I should open a restaurant.

And that’s exactly what motivates me for Thanksgiving.