#bakingmaking

The other day I saw a woman on TikTok(1) explaining that she wakes up at five am everyday and does something sporadic and different. It was an experiment, she said, so she can wake up looking forward to things, and help combat her depression. 

I used to wake up at five am, I thought to myself. I liked it. I’d like to do it again, instead of sleeping in till eleven. And I want to do fun and sporadic things. Seasonal depression is coming up(2); I want to do something that makes me feel better. Could I do that too?

But alas, I am poor and broke and have no money. Also I don’t have a car and there’s not much going on in a bike-able radius from me. Nor am I keen on biking at five am, if I’m honest. 

 So... what? 

Well. I have a jar of Yeast I bought at the beginning of the pandemic that I never turned into bread. I have a box of cake flour from the cake recipes I fantasized about, but never created. And baking chocolate- like, so much baking chocolate, because I do occasionally make brownies, but also because I’d like to make chocolate croissants and coronets and pastries galore. 

So what if I woke up at five am and just... baked? 

It won’t be good at first. I imagine I’ll make a lot of mistakes. But there’s also a lot of days in a year, by this time next year I should be able to make dinner rolls and cakes and candies and all sorts of things, shouldn’t I? 

No idea.

But why don’t we find out? 

Footnotes;

1. The woman’s handle on TikTok is @ elliebreeden5 and the 5am series is very inspirational so I recommend checking it out ^^