The Naptime Chef Relaunch Teaser…
HELLO FRIENDS! I know, I know, it’s been a minute. What can I say, life sped up and it got too hard for me to maintain a food blog while doing everything else with my family and other business interests. I needed to explore life beyond this world and I’m glad I did because it paid off in spades. To put this into context, my very first post on this website was January 6th, 2009. That’s almost 16 years ago!
I started this blog in 2009 as a way of helping people and writing about a topic I love: food as a way of enjoying life. However, as I blogged and traveled over the next decade it got harder and harder for me to square this mission with the values of the blogging-turned-influencing world. The race to follower count, the rampant consumerism, the blatant plagiarism, it was going against everything I wanted to spend my time doing. This is why I decided to take a break and reevaluate.
Come join me at my table…
Since then, I started a successful life coaching business and have enjoyed every second of it. I’ve also been deep in the world of growing children and all that entails. I’d say the biggest lesson that came out of this journey away from blogging and back again is how much I love to help people live their best lives. In the case of The Naptime Chef, I love to be here helping you make good food and have fun in the kitchen. It’s as simple as that. I still love my coaching work and will never give that up, but in this space I can be your coach in the kitchen. Spoiler alert: your food will be delicious and life’s going to work out. I know this to be true.
As for the product side, yes I’ll always tell you about kitchen equipment and books I love if I truly love them. But I’m not going to sell for the sake of selling or encourage the crazy “hauls” of stuff I don’t think you need. I prefer curation to consumption in my own life and want to focus on that here as well. There’s a lot to be said for keeping life simple and enjoyable!
When it comes to feeding your family, you can easily live a wonderful life and cook fantastic dishes with straightforward ingredients. I still cook almost every day and am happy put our favorite meals on repeat because it makes sense. We love the dishes, I know how to cook them well, and every time they get just a little better. I think we all appreciate a mixture of novelty and comfort at mealtimes.
I hope you’ll join me on this new, revised journey with The Naptime Chef website + newsletter. I still have so much love for this world and I’m sharing it with you as a way of helping us all build lives we love. xxKelsey
