When Vegemite on toast just won't do

If you are Australian you'll know all about Vegemite and its miraculous powers. A simple breakfast of Vegemite on toast has been known do such things as secure world peace and help Australia to be the first country to land a man on the moon. Oh, it also was instrumental in Australian winning the Eurovision Song Contest 7 years running. Quite obviously Vegemite has amazing powers.

Other countries have tried to jump on the bandwagon however unless you're Australian it won't work for you...And you probably can't stand the taste either. But sometimes it's just not enough..Sometimes a person just needs something a little sweeter for breakfast.

That was the case for me today which is when the picture of this lemon cheesecake was taken. I know, you're probably going to judge me but I just didn't feel like breakfast food that morning and decided to have this bad boy with my morning coffee instead. For the record it was pretty damned good.

I'd like to say I made this lemon cheese cake myself but that wouldn't be true and I'm all about the truth as you can tell from my opening paragraph. I bought it and copped a little judgement from the girl behind the counter; I'm a regular here so she felt completely vindicated to do so and made no secret of the fact. I wasn't concerned though and just smiled saying something like, "a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do". Yes, I know, it's a thin excuse but it's all I had. (She said I'm an idiot...I couldn't disagree.)

It made me think about freedom; Freedom of choice more specifically. We live in a world that dictates to us about how we should act and think: What we buy and when, how we buy it (credit or cash), what we wear, how we speak, where we go, what's cool, what's not and so on...We are submitted to a constant barrage of marketing and propaganda and a type of brainwashing I think, made worse by the worlds' addiction to social media. When a person steps slightly out of the norm it stands out, like my breakfast cheesecake this morning. In a world of conformity individuality is not highly regarded by most it seems.

I'm not one to go for shock factor in a bid for attention, validation or to express my individualistic nature. I don't really care too much what people think of me because I'll never be able to change a person's perception. I just try to live my best life and be the best version of me that I can. Life can be cruelly short and so there's no point living it passively. For me I need to go get after it and design the best one I can. I also try to make good choices in every aspect of my life. (Try, but not always succeed.)

Today it was lemon cheesecake for breakfast, tomorrow it may be to work hard at being the best I can be at work, or the best partner I can be, to listen more effectively, to be more courteous or a better friend...Whatever. It's a choice I make, and choice everyone of us must make; Some do so passively, by not choosing at all, and others get after it and own it. That's me.

Today I owned that breakfast cheesecake! And it felt good. I chose a pretty unhealthy option and one that may seem a little odd to others but it was my choice and that's all there was to it. Does it reflect poorly on me? Does it make me this or that? Probably in someone else's opinion yes...But in mine no. It just makes me, me. Oh, and don't worry, I'll have a double serving of Vegemite tomorrow to make up for the cheesecake...