I don't usually peel avocados when I eat them raw, I just score the skin in a circle around the midpoint, hold each half and then twist, before eating the avocado with a spoon. Not included in the picture was the knife that I use to do this: here is my parcel knife.

It's one of the reasons why I really enjoy the occasional psychedelic trip. I find that it makes me much more present in the moment, and in my body.

For instance, I am prone to not noticing how I feel, whether that's pain, temperature, tiredness, etc.. I need to manually check in with myself and basically ask "am I hungry right now?", and then ponder that for a moment. Often, once I do, I am hit with sudden and extreme hunger that I am only just feeling, despite not having eaten for a long time. Or when it's too warm, I might only notice that I'm overheating when I say something unkind due to heat making me grouchy, or when I feel like I'm about to pass out.

When I am tripping however, responding to basic needs demands my full attention. I might suddenly feel an extremely strong instinct of "I need to be warmer, and I need it now" — and because I am a responsible tripper, there is usually an assortment of warm cozy things to hand, should I need them. Sometimes what I notice is more vague, like "my temperature needs to change right now, because it is not right", and I am not sure whether I'm too warm or too cold. However, I can use a blanket as a litmus test for that — if I'm too warm, when applying a blanket to myself will give a viscerally strong sense of "bad", and so I know I should open a window or get an ice pack.

I like how decisive it makes me. I find that existing in this mode for a few hours helps me to live a bit more like that in the days and weeks following the trip.

It was indeed a coffee Renoir. The 24hr supermarket I acquired all my loot from has an extremely well stocked baked goods section, with loads of super fresh and tasty stuff. I used to live near this particular shop, and the coffee renoirs were one of my favourite items to buy, when they had them in stock. They're so good

Yeah! You get it!

It did indeed. That's part of why I found it funny enough to snap a picture — to me, in the moment, it was the most glorious feast I could possibly imagine.

Not really — even assembling this pushed my focus to its limits. It didn't help that I was also pretty physically tired from an eventful night out. But even if I could cook, I don't think I would; I tend to strongly crave basic foods like this — most of this was actually stuff I bought when going to a 24hr supermarket on my way home (I spent way more than I should have, but I have no regrets)

Yeah, like I say, it's more healthy than a lot of meals I eat. I tend to crave basic, fresh stuff when I'm tripping