The Backstage
Covid-19 and
Best Always Recipes
Hi! My name is Eleni and in the past few years I have been making a living by selling my natural wellness products and handmade jewels mostly in open markets and bio bazaars.
I love the procedure, despite the fact it can sometimes be exhausting.
Putting up a store within thirty minutes, staying outdoors for hours depending on weather conditions, and then packing everything up again is not exactly what one would describe as “easy going”. :)
Nevertheless, being able to showcase my creations, as well as contacting all kinds of people (some of whom I also make friends with), always pay up for the difficulties.
The 2020 Pandemic
In the summer of 2020 I wasn’t able to do it. Like so many other people I realized that my everyday life and activities were affected by the Covid-19 Pandemic.
I couldn’t just go out and sell my creations like I used to, plus there were obstacles and delays concerning the orders I shipped.
In one case the recipient had to wait for 4 months to get what she had ordered!
This added to my decision to take advantage of the digital era we’re living in and publish my recipes.
After all, I love teaching and guiding others to make or do things I know well.
So, giving out recipes which can take some problems away might be my way to help this world become a little bit more human friendly.
Expiry Date (or "B.B.") on Products, versus everlasting Recipes
Well, I agree that no one of us can be so self-sufficient as to make everything we need in everyday life on our own.
And, ok, I keep delivering worldwide, so people can benefit from what I have to offer, no matter how far we are from each other.
Still, a Product is generally something with a limited lifetime.
As we all know, Personal Care and Wellness Products are always B.B. (that is, Best Before) a certain Date; which means, soon after that Date they are not good to use any more.
But a Recipe is timeless.
You can acquire it now and use it whenever you want: in a week, in three months, or in ten years. It never expires!
Furthermore, a Product is always an Object. Something which is finished, something that cannot change -except when it goes off!
But a Recipe can become a Living Creature, with a little help from the people using it.
I mean, in many cases it can be customized and adapted to your own needs and preferences.
It can inspire you to be creative and explore new possibilities; it can become the sparkle for a new initiative.
A Recipe can be compared to a good old friend: Perhaps you don’t see each other for a really long time, but you know you can turn to them whenever you feel like doing so.
A Recipe can be a perennial soothing and supporting Presence, which you can consult again and again, each and every time you need it.
In the end, I believe that a “Best Before” Product might be perfectly excellent,
but it can never be as good as a “Best Always” good Recipe.
Have a nice day and enjoy what you’re doing!