I hated pumpkin soup growing up. Like, really hated it. Sorry Mum 😂
But now? Now it’s on regular rotation in our house, and even the kids love it. Funny how that works.
Is it that my recipe is better? (Let’s not start family drama...)
Or maybe it’s something bigger—how our tastes change over time. Not just our taste buds, but the way we see life.
You start out all fresh-faced, full of energy, chasing the path we were all handed:
🎓 Get a job
💍 Get married
🏠 Buy the house
👶 Have the kids
👩💻 Work your butt off
And somewhere along the way—between the deadlines, the packed lunches, and the burnout—you realise... your taste has changed.
You crave something different.
Not flashier, not fancier—just simpler.
Soup made from scratch. Slow mornings. Watching your kids lick pumpkin soup off their spoons and actually enjoy it.
You start to see the magic in the ordinary—like a bowl of pumpkin soup, once rejected, now beloved. Because it’s not just about the soup. It’s about choosing to live slower, love harder, and savour the little things that once passed you by.
Turns out, life’s best flavours are the simplest ones 🍲✨
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I used to loathe pumpkin soup. Like, bolt-from-the-table, dramatic-eye-roll kind of loathing. Sorry, Mum 😂 But somehow, that same soup is now a regular at our dinner table in Bali—and even the kids ask for seconds.
Maybe I found the secret to the perfect recipe (sorry again, Mum). Or maybe it’s something more profound: how slowing down can completely change how we experience life—and food.
Life used to be a blur. Wake up, rush to work, juggle family life, squeeze in a grocery run, and repeat. That’s the path so many of us follow because we’re told that’s how life “should” look: job, house, marriage, kids, hustle. But in the whirlwind, I never had time to notice how things tasted—literally and metaphorically.
Moving to Bali gave us permission to pause. Here, we build our days around what actually fuels us: family dinners under palm trees, barefoot walks to the market, and time to cook from scratch. And turns out, that dreaded pumpkin soup? It's creamy gold when you’re not wolfing it down between meetings and math homework.
There’s something beautifully grounding in embracing the ordinary. A simple homemade meal becomes a way to connect—a moment to gather, laugh, and be present.
If you're a family thinking about traveling to Bali or even dreaming of expat life, know this: it's not about replacing chaos with paradise. It’s about finding joy in the simplest routines. Like your kids actually _liking_ the soup you once couldn’t stand.
Turns out, slowing down changes your taste—for food, for life, for everything ❤️🍲
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