
Mise en place. Everything in its place.
When creating a calm and orderly outer world, it is essential that we take the time to set ourselves up properly. By gathering what we need and preparing for the task at end, our process becomes more streamlined.
As Gretchen Rubin states, outer calm leads directly to inner calm. And isn't that what we all desire as highly sensitive people?
I first came upon these wise words as a young culinary student when my instructor instilled them into my growing French vocabulary. "Before you turn on za heat, you must prep everyzing. We call eet 'mise en place'."
In that setting, we had endless tiny bowls to sort our perfectly chopped vegetables and herbs for our pre-measured pastry ingredients.
