Recently, during a team meeting, we were all discussing ways we’re coping with our new, socially distanced reality. We’re all quite lucky, we realize — we still have our jobs and incomes, and we’re showing up to work at 9 and clocking out at a normal hour, between 5 and 6. Even if it all happens virtually, we’re able to maintain at least some sense of normalcy in what is definitively not a normal time. But there’s a big difference between working from home under normal circumstances and working from home during a global pandemic. We’re all trying to find the balance between letting ourselves feel our feelings and staying up to date with the latest news while also staying productive and continuing to grow as a company.
在过去的几周中，我试图说服自己，我将在家中使用这个强迫时间来拓宽视野，最后做一些我总是说我要做的个人发展的事情。由于缺乏合适的材料，我在放弃了许多技能班级之前就开始了很多技能课。我下载了一个“大脑训练”应用程序，并进行了大约两天的推荐活动；我大概是第十二次重新下载Duolingo。这些想法是一个可喜的分散注意力，通常我是一个非常自我激励的人。但是现在，我似乎找不到我的跟进。
不过，我发现我的动力仍然存在于我一生中偏心前的主要部分的活动中，即阅读，普拉提，当然还有烘烤。我认为这是我丈夫坚持坚持他通常的日常活动的原因：醒来，洗澡，煮咖啡以及在每个工作日的同一时间休息一下。当我专注于在正常情况下给我带来欢乐的事物时，我会更加自我，更喜欢我的“真实”生活。我与我最好的朋友的Instagram DMS与往常一样，只有共享的食谱和消息，从“我们需要制作”到“ Ooooooooooo”。
Since social distancing started, I’ve been doing about one baking project a week — mostly simply favorites, but also acakeI’d been wanting to make for years (to great success, if I may!). It provides so much comfort to be able to make and eat things you really love, even (especially) if they are the kinds of things that would normally be reserved for special occasions. I’m hardly alone here — I’ve definitely noticed an uptick in friends and internet acquaintances sharing their home baking projects. But beyond that, I’ve seen so many different ways baking is making a difference in people’s home-more-than-usual lives. I reached out to the greater TFD community to hear how others are using baking to get through this period. If you’re looking for creative, interactive ways to turn baking into a helpful coping mechanism — or even a social activity — while social distancing, here’s what they had to say:
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“For me, the reason why I’m baking more right now is both practical and emotional. On the practical side, I actually have the TIME to do more involved baking like breads, because I’m not leaving the apartment for work or trying to schedule rises around weekend plans — since I’m going to be home no matter what anyway, it’s easy to make a dough in the morning (without having to get up earlier to do so) and then let it rise while I go about my day. On the emotional side, baking requires my attention. I can’t be on my phone reading the news while mixing cookie dough or shaping a loaf, so it almost becomes a meditative escape. I have to focus on what I’m making, not everything else, and focusing on something inherently productive like making something that I’ll get to enjoy feels like a tiny way of reclaiming control over something in my life.”– Jeni
这是一种与他人建立联系的方法（即使您不能与他们同一个房间），也是一种使淡淡的日子变得明亮的方法。
“我开始在一些Facebook小组中进行线程，要求人们发布他们潜伏在储藏室中的任何怪异，随机的成分，以便其他人可以建议与他们一起烹饪的方法。它创造了许多友好，支持性的对话和奇妙的想法！人们正在尝试新食谱，新美食，您可以命名。
“My dad baked all the time when I was growing up, so the smell of yeast and the warmth of the oven is something I find very comforting. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve embraced more challenging and technical recipes, and it’s been fun to share the minutia with my dad. There’s also something comforting about providing for myself, knowing I can turn ingredients into a meal staple when ingredient availability is spotty. We celebrated my boyfriend’s birthday at home, and being able to make him a great cake felt so good. Baking gave me the ability to make his birthday feel special even under weird circumstances.”- 劣质煤
It’s an opportunity to watch yourself improve a skill set, while also eating a wider variety.
“我喜欢烘烤，原因有很多。1）我已经做了很长时间了，以至于我觉得自己很擅长，这令人惊讶的是，擅长于某事。2）当我经常回家时，我可以尝试更复杂且耗时的食谱。例如，我可以做面包面团，去做，将其敲下来并形成第二次证明，去做更多的工作，将其扔进烤箱，然后去做更多的工作。最后，我既做了工作又取得了面包！3）烘烤是内脏和有形的东西。这是您可以变得更好的努力，但也可以很快获得回报（花30分钟制作饼干，甚至一天制作复杂的面包，具有很高的满意度比率）。另外，这并不是那么昂贵，可以做出比商店的美味，更美好的事物。
“Since being home, I’ve ventured out into stuffed breads like baozi and babka. I don’t tend towards cake because it’s too sweet for me and I don’t want to eat an entire cake by myself. Stuffed breads are great because you can make leftovers go further by adding them to a bread! It’s like adding them to rice or pasta, but adds variation.”- 马迪
它可以帮助您感到更加联系和人类。
“我主要喜欢烘烤不同的酸味零食，从简单的饼干到法式面包。I’ve also been taking the time to do more time-intensive and complicated versions of recipes, like brownies, that involves many different steps (and bowls/pans to wash) versus my go-to one bowl recipes that I would typically bust out. Reframing being stuck at home as an opportunity to do things I would usually rush through has been helpful for me. In that vein, I’ve found that baking has given me a productive and time-consuming way to spend my day. I find it very hard to not stare at screens all day spiraling in the negative news vortex, and having my hands covered in dough makes it very hard to check my phone over and over again. Some other reasons I’ve taken to baking more is because it gives me a reason to interact with others by sending photos, talking about recipes, and even teaching people how to make sourdough now that people have the time to do it. I’m currently dehydrating some of my starter and mailing it to friends and family that can’t find yeast in stores anymore. That aspect makes me feel like I’m doing something helpful for loved ones, even if I can’t be there physically.
“I’m also not sure if this makes sense, but there’s also something very soothing about doing something that generations before you have done. Sort of a “previous generations have gone through worse and made it through, so can I’ mentality. At its core, bread is just three ingredients, filling, cheap, and something that humans have done for millennia.”– Ana
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