August 27, 2025
When it comes to life’s balance, the Thought of the Day and Question of the Day can offer a surprising amount of clarity. Today’s pair is about moving quickly, waiting wisely, and yes—fried food. Let’s dive in.
Thought of the Day: Move like you’re late and wait like you’re early
There’s a rhythm to life that often feels contradictory: hustle with urgency, but cultivate patience when it matters most. Running late? You’ll find me power-walking through the grocery store like I’m in the final lap of the Olympics. But when it comes to waiting for the right opportunity, the right moment, or even the right words—I’ve learned that patience makes all the difference.
It’s like golf (and if you’ve been around here, you know I always come back to golf). The swing itself has to be fast, precise, committed. But waiting for your turn? If you rush, you’ll mess everything up. Move with urgency, but wait with calm. Life demands both.
If this resonates, you might enjoy the dawn casts a long shadow, or my reflection on what it means to be kind in both action and thought. They all come back to this same idea: speed in execution, patience in perspective.
Question of the Day: What is your favorite thing to bread or batter and then fry?
This one’s inspired by dinner out with my wife last night. The menu was basically a fried-food festival: beer-battered fish and chips, shrimp that crunched like it had been waiting its whole life for that fryer, and even breaded, stuffed flounder.
Here’s my confession: I’ll take a perfectly fried piece of chicken over almost anything else. That golden crunch, the steam that escapes when you bite in—heaven. But I’m also a sucker for something unexpected. Fried pickles? Yes. Fried Oreos at a county fair? I’ll regret it later, but in the moment, worth every bite.
Food has this way of becoming memory. A plate of fried shrimp might remind you of summer vacations at the shore. A basket of onion rings might bring you back to late-night diners after high school games. Which means this isn’t really a question about fried food at all. It’s about taste, nostalgia, and those little joys we carry with us.
For more questions that mix the silly with the reflective, check out what octopuses might dream about or the simple joy of conquering a home DIY project. Sometimes the silliest questions bring out the most thoughtful answers.
Join the Conversation
What about you? What’s your go-to fried favorite—the one you’d order every time it shows up on a menu? Drop your answer in the comments below or share it with me directly.
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