The willingness to buy airport food

This #thankyouthursday, I am grateful for the willingness to buy airport food.

I am sitting in the airport right now, waiting to board a flight and appreciating the fact that I was willing to buy a protein shake.

Airport food is expensive. It took me years to learn that one reason is because many people are flying for business, and so someone else is paying for what they buy, and so they don’t mind spending more.

(Side note: I say “someone else” because I don’t think we should talk about companies as people. Like, “your company” does not do anything. People do things.)

In the past, I avoided buying airport food as much as possible. And I’m not saying it doesn’t make sense to pack your own snacks.

But I didn’t bother bringing a water bottle on this trip, and I was thirsty, but also hungry, and so I thought drinking some souped-up chocolate milk would be an elegant solution.

In the airport convenience store, there were no price tags. Not even a price list posted on the side of the cooler. And still, I bravely forged on.

My 14oz protein shake cost $7.21. I might have raised my eyebrows as I paid for it, but I paid with gratitude all the same.

Because, in the past, if I had felt thirsty but also hungry and had gotten the idea of buying a protein shake at the airport, I would have talked myself out of it. I would have said my existing snacks would suffice, that I could get more food in a few hours.

Instead, I “treated myself” without hesitation. Aka I listened to my body and took immediate action. That’s progress worth celebrating.

Love > fear,
Christina

p.s. Does your body have any requests for you today? Might you be willing to listen and take action?