The story of how I always walk around the supermarket three times when shopping

When my wife was working away from home and I was doing solo parenting and acting as a househusband, naturally, there was no one else to do the grocery shopping.

Deciding on the daily menu was the most painful part of housework for me.

I had to make sure the menu wouldn't bore the kids, and I also had to consider what was left in the refrigerator.

Furthermore, since I had a budget, I would always walk around the supermarket about three times to decide on the menu.

✅ The Sisyphus task of deciding on a menu

When I was a househusband, I was always thinking about the menu every single day.

It was a daily routine to absentmindedly think about the dinner menu while eating my lunch at the office.

If it were just for myself, it would be simple; I could just buy what I wanted to eat.

However, with the kids and my grandmother there, balancing the menu was incredibly difficult.

To use a metaphor, it was like stacking stones at Sai no Kawara.

No matter how much you stack, it gets knocked down, and yet you still have to keep stacking...

Because I struggled with the menu like that, I couldn't come up with ideas unless I walked around the supermarket three times.

✅ Nutritional balance? Huh? (lol)

If someone were to say to me with a smug look, 'You should think about a menu with proper nutritional balance for the kids!', I might just think, 'Huh?' (^^;

Certainly, if I could, I would love to decide on a menu while considering nutritional balance!

But if I had to keep all that in mind while deciding on a menu, it would take a lot of brainpower, so it's extremely tough.

First of all, since my wife controlled the household finances, I had to consider the food budget she provided, so I made it a rule that it was fine if the balance was achieved on a weekly basis rather than a daily one.

✅ Summary

When I was running the household solo for 10 years, I was struggling like this every day.

Deciding on a menu, in particular, places a significant burden on househusbands and housewives, so I really want the people eating to be grateful just to have a meal served to them!

However, I think this experience was good for my brain, so I feel it turned out well in the end.

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