Thirty-One Nights of Questions · Food
Time to meet yourself through eating
A journal with one question each night, filling in the days one by one.
The sets are divided by "what lens shall I look at myself through" — Me · Love · Love-and-Hate · Food · Life, five in all.
This sheet is "Food" among them. It starts from things you can hold — the table, kitchen sounds, childhood tastes — and the stories flow out.
How it works
- Before sleep, read the question in that night's box.
- Write whatever comes to mind, within two lines. It doesn't have to be long.
- If you note the date in its box, you'll see the path when you look back later.
- It's fine if you skip a night. Just pick up where you left off.
When · with whom
A night journal to write alone.
Questions about "Food"
- Of everything you ate today, what tasted best?
- Is there a food you often ate as a child?
- Who used to make it for you?
- Is there somewhere that still tastes just the same?
- Is there a food only you seem to love this much?
- Is there a food you can't eat? Since when?
- When you eat alone, what do you often pick?
- Is there a food that tastes better when you eat it with someone?
- Is there a food that surprised you the first time you tried it?
- Of the sounds a kitchen makes, is there one you love?
- What dishes do you know how to make?
- Is there a dish you'd like to learn to make?
- Is there a time food made you laugh?
- Is there something you always eat on holidays or birthdays?
- Is there a food from a faraway trip that stayed with you?
- What's your comfort food?
- How are you different when you're full and when you're hungry?
- Do you have your own way of dealing with leftovers?
- Is there someone you haven't shared a meal with in a long time?
- Is there anything said around the dinner table that you remember?
- Do you have a favorite bowl or spoon?
- Do you know how much water you drink in a day?
- Is there a food you crave when the seasons change?
- Is there a spot at the market or in a shop where you end up lingering for a while?
- Is there a feeling that comes up when you leave food uneaten or throw it away?
- Is there a dish you'd like to make for someone?
- Are you more of a fast eater or a slow eater?
- On a day you skipped a meal, what kind of day did you have?
- Is there something you'd like to cut back on a little from now on?
- What would you like to have for breakfast tomorrow?
- After these thirty-one nights, have you changed at the table?