Episode 3 - How Many Airfryers Does It Take to Go to Heaven?
Because you can burn yourself out and your food.
What is more symbolic of our generation — airfryers or burnouts? If you’re lucky, you might get both.
I never thought I would be so blessed to score both — an airfryer and a burnout — in the span of three years.
The first one was a conscious choice after countless TikToks and ads, while the second one was gratis.
My airfryer journey started when work was ramping up and I was looking for an alternative to fast cooking. I mean, I’d come home after work and just throw in some veggies or fries and let them be blessed by hot air? Bless this invention — those were my initial thoughts while I was slowly slipping away into work overload (how amazing, me sacrificing my soul for shareholders).
Getting an airfryer should have been my first sign of a millennial crisis. After all, what is a generation without a gadget? Somehow, I ignored it, as all my friends were getting one too. Airfryers, I mean (but later, burnouts). I just got excited and put all my hopes and dreams into this appliance. It will save me, right? I’ll never have to worry about having a warm meal again. (Could the bar be any lower?)
Boy, was I delusional. The truth is, work was consuming my life so much that I could only focus on two things: food and my job. From today’s perspective, I think — what a waste of time, and no time was gained. But I guess it was meant to be.
But what were the signs? Probably many — but the main one was delusion.
Denial – maybe this one thing, one moment, one task, one project will fix it all.
Realization – now that it’s here, what do I do? Do I have time to fix it? What if things get worse? What if it affects other people?
Game Over – it’s too much. I can’t handle daily life anymore, and work just fried my brain. My dreams became nightmares disguised as a “career.”
Recently, I was having a retrospective with my therapist about the first visits after my burnout was confirmed.
She said, “You kept saying, ‘my brain is fried — I can’t think anymore.’” (Imagine me, shocked that despite all the signs, I still crashed. Delulu.)
And I was like — wow, so burnout is like an airfryer after all. It crisped me up beyond recognition.
Some time later, I got rid of the burnout and kept the airfryer.
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Buffering… please wait.
Impulse control – don’t have it, don’t want it.
Groceries – more expensive than luxury holidays; the world could end sooner.
A glass of wine – because your inner thoughts need a megaphone.
P.S.
How Many Airfryers Does It Take to Go to Heaven?
It takes one. Just look at Cruella de Vil — she didn’t own any.