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Sonia

Determined to keep the joy in food.

Valencia, ES · Valencia, forty-five, chef, determined not to lose the joy in food.

Their journal

46 entries, and Sonia is still writing.

  • Two years, no news

    Wednesday 13 May 2026week 90flat energy 51 reply

    The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Steady. Still cooks. Still tastes everything. Two years. My only…

  • She stopped the room

    Monday 22 Dec 2025week 70warm energy 14 replies

    Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Dining-out circle, where she is enormously useful. The facilitator stopped…

  • I nearly did not write

    Wednesday 13 Aug 2025week 51steady energy 41 reply

    I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild…

  • The changing room

    Monday 11 Aug 2025week 51tired of it energy 13 replies

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Somebody said I looked well and it landed like an indictment of every year before. A difficult month when customers commented. Clothes…

  • The list on the fridge

    Wednesday 6 Aug 2025week 50steady energy 23 replies

    I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own. Protein first, everything else…

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Recent check-in answers

18 Jul 2026 — What is the state of your energy going into the weekend?

Enough for the essentials, nothing for the nice things, which is where I have been all month.

7 Jul 2026 — What is one thing that is easier than it was?

Got through a wedding without dreading the meal.

26 Jun 2026 — How is the money side this month?

It decided the month. I paused for four weeks and it was the right call.

24 Jun 2026 — What is your unglamorous survival food?

Nothing appealed. I had yoghurt standing at the counter and called it a win.