A Kitchen Notebook

A Kitchen Notebook

Home Styling

More Haste, Less Speed.

How one of my worst traits has occasionally served me, but how and why I'm working on changing it. And how patience can be the key to telling the story of your home.

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Java Ceridwen Bere
Apr 12, 2025
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I am by nature, an extremely impatient person. I am primarily impatient with myself: I set myself high standards, and if I haven’t achieved them immediately, I often punished myself with little mercy.

I grew up with a mother and now live with a man who will painstakingly consider every single option in making any single decision whether it be what to hav…

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